A Study of 28 Peering Policies

The following are snippets of Peering Policy Clauses found in the Peering Rules of the Road - A Study of 28 Peering Policies study. Clauses were categorized and put into rough categories for comparison.

Traffic Ratio Peering Policy Clause

Traffic Ratios 2.3 The ratio of the aggregate amount of traffic exchanged between the Requester and the AboveNet with which it seeks to interconnect shall be roughly balanced and shall not exceed bidirectional ratio of 2:1. –AboveNet

Traffic Exchange Ratio. The ratio of the aggregate amount of traffic exchanged between the Requester and the Verizon Business Internet Network with which it seeks to interconnect shall be roughly balanced and shall not exceed 1.8:1. – Verizon

The traffic ratio should be reasonably balanced and no more than 2:1. – ATDN Applicant must maintain a traffic scale between its network and Comcast that enables a general balance of inbound versus outbound traffic. The network cost burden for carrying traffic between networks shall be similar to justify SFI. – Comcast

# Applicant must meet a minimum traffic ratio of 1:3 – tinet Potential peer must not exceed a usage ratio of 3:1, in either direction for a period greater than 30 days, unless otherwise expressed and agreed to in writing. – CableVision

Traffic Ratios: Interconnect Candidate will have a 1.5:1 aggregate traffic ratio with 5 Gbps sustained bi-directional traffic flows, measured at 95% peak. The traffic must be balanced across three time zones. The Interconnection Candidate must provide 24-hour peak and average traffic volume statistics at each Interconnection Point. The quantity and speed of circuits between Qwest and Interconnection Candidate will be determined by overall traffic between the two parties, and will be reviewed periodically. – Qwest

Peer must maintain a balanced traffic ratio between its network and AT&T. In particular, a new peer must have: * No more than a 2.00:1 ratio of traffic into AT&T: out of AT&T, on average each month. * A reasonably low peak-to-average ratio.



About the Author

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Mr Norton is Founder of DrPeering, an Internet Peering portal and consultancy, with over twenty years of Internet experience.

From 1998-2008, Mr. Norton’s title was Co-Founder and Chief Technical Liaison for Equinix. From the beginning, Mr. Norton focused on building a critical mass of carriers, ISPs and Content Providers. To this end, he created the white paper process, identifying interesting and important Internet peering operations topics, and documenting what he learned from the peering folks. He published and presented his research white papers in a variety of international operations and research forums. These activities helped establish the relationships necessary to atract the set of Tier 1 ISPs, Tier 2 ISPs, Cable Companies, and Content Providers necessary for a healthy Internet Exchange Point ecosystem.

 

 

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