Public Peering

Definition: Public Peering is Internet Peering across a shared (more than two party) peering fabric.

Most Internet Exchange Points offer some form of public peering, typically using ethernet as the layer 2 fabric. In some cases, private peering is a reasonable alternative or complementary service.

Public Peering diagram

See the Great Public vs Private Peering Debate for a discussion of why some prefer public peering, but the dominant application is to aggregate lots of peering sessions on a single shared and administered port.

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The 2014 Internet Peering Playbook is now available on the iPad at the Apple Store and for the Amazon Kindle. The Kindle, ePub and PDF form are also perpetually updated on the DrPeering DropBox share.