In this chapter we will show how the basic U.S. Internet Peering Ecosystem has morphed into the 21st century Internet Peering Ecosystem of today.
The following six evolutions demonstrate how the players react to the changes in the environment. We will first highlight the evolutions that occurred during the economic downturn in the year 2001.
We will use a separate page in sequence to describe each evolution:
Evolution #1 - The Cable Companies Peer with Each Other
Evolution #2 - Large Scale Network Savvy Content Providers Peer
Evolution #3 - Cable Companies Peer Directly with Large Scale Network Savvy Content Providers
Evolution $4 - CDNs dominate Traffic Volume