The DrPeering web site has one Mission: to evangelize Internet peering. It accomplishes this through three complementary activities:

Internet Peering Knowledge Center

First, this site is a repository for Internet Peering White Papers, Presentations, and links to other peering resources on the web.

Additionally, over one thousand people have subscribed to the RSS Feed ask.DrPeering.net where we answer common peering questions, identify topics of interest to the Peering Community, and share things we learn from the field.

These activities are funded by the sponsors (to the right), through google ads, but predominantly through private workshop and consulting activities described next.

2-day Internet Peering Workshop

DrPeering consultants lead a confidential on-site two-day peering workshop. After the workshop, participants will understand Peering - the definitions, the processes, the international and domestic ecosystems and motivations of the players, and the peering playbook for ISPs and Internet Exchange Point Operators. 

At the end of the workshop, participants will have an operational understanding of peering and be prepared to create a strategic peering plan with a Peering Policy and a multi-disciplinary peering team.

The workshop is based on over twelve years of peering research and thousands of interviews within the peering community.

For more information send email to training@DrPeering.net .

“The best workshop we ever had.” -- Participant, Feb 2010

Strategic Consulting

DrPeering has a multi-disciplinary team of consultants available confidential consultations. Past engagements include

1. custom training and strategic network planning,
   

2. contract startup Peering Coordinator,
   

3. traffic management (transit and peering strategies),
   

4. evaluation of Internet Exchange Points,
   

5. Internet Exchange Point startup strategies,
   

6. custom market research,
   

7. career counseling and company research.
   

For more information send email to consultants@DrPeering.net .

Overheard at the DrPeering Clinic...

So you are new to Internet Peering, and want to understand Internet Peering?  You want to learn about the Internet Peering Process?

1. 1)read the Internet Service Providers and Peering article and learn the definitions, the motivations and the steps ISPs use to identify potential peers, and where they want to peer.  Also, learn the landscape by reading about the Internet Peering Ecosystem.
   

2. 2)review the Peering vs Transit : The Business Case for Peering and apply these pricing model using your current prices for transit and the quotes you get from Internet Exchange Points.
   

3. 3)Attend NANOG, GPF, RIPE, APRICOT, etc. events to meet people in the Peering Community and get a sense of what they talk about in the “What Did I Miss?” section.  Make sure to send the same people each time so your company gets some visibility, and meet people who know everyone in the Peering Community.  There are plenty of consultants available to assist, including some available through the Dr Peering Clinic.
   

So you want to understand the Business Case for Peering?

Read the Peering vs Transit : The Business Case for Peering page for an analysis of the costs of peering and the costs of the next best alternative: transit.  This page will help you prove that peering makes sense, or that it doesn’t from a financial perspective..

So you want to understand the tradeoffs between Public and Private Peering?

Read what the smartest peering people in the world said were the strongest reasons on either side of the debate in The Great Debate : Public vs Private Peering.

So you want to understand how all this video traffic from the likes of youTube, netflix, etc. is affecting the U.S. Peering Ecosystem?

Read the Video Internet : The Next Wave of Massive Disruption to the U.S. Peering Ecosystem.

So you want to learn about Peering Ratios, how peering ratios are used to discriminate who to peer with?

Read The Folly of Peering Ratios and learn what arguments were made at the great peering debate at NANOG.

So you want to understand the Internet Peering Policy, the inclination to peer or not peer and how it is articulated in the form of a Peering Policy?

Read the Internet Service Providers and Peering : Peering Policies

So you want to know how to I ask for Peering?

Read about the Internet Service Providers and Peering Contact Selection page and see the Peering Request Template for an example peering request.

So you want to understand how an ISP selects an Internet Exchange Point?

Read the Internet Service Providers and Peering Phase 3 : IX Selection page.

So you want to understand the differences between Internet Exchange Points in Europe and the U.S.?

Read the ask.DrPeering.net article U.S. vs European Internet Exchange Points on the subject.

So you want to know where all this Internet Peering information came from?

With respect to the legacy Internet Peering White Papers read about the Internet Peering White Paper Process .  Then you can learn about the refinement and conversion and public sharing of these community research documents in the section About the DrPeering website.

So you need some help in evaluating Internet Peering and Internet Transit to determine what is most effective?

Send email to DrPeering@ask.DrPeering.net with generalized questions DrPeering can reply to in his articles, or send email to consultants@DrPeering.net and someone from the clinic will return your email within one business day.

Ask.DrPeering.net Articles

Can Peering Increase ISP Revenue?

Value of an Internet Exchange?

Predictions for the Year 2014?

A Business Model for a Cooperatively Managed CDN?

Should I build an IX?

Oh Elusive Paid Peering?

Dr. Kuku on Circuitous Internet Routing

Transit Prices Race to the Bottom

The Art of Peering: The IX Playbook Tactics 1-7

How did Equinix beat MAE-East? IX Tactics 8-12

Google Net Neutrality?

European vs US Internet Exchange Points

What to look for in an Internet Exchange Point?

Open Peer?

So you want to tour an Internet Exchange Point?

So you need a Peering Policy?