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From an [ISP] point of view peering is beneficial as it reduces the amount of traffic passed on to your transit provider (hence lowering the cost of that link).
From an transit provider's point of view, peering is often seen as a problem as it reduces customers reliance on transit connections (hence lowering their revenue).
-Traditionally peering happens between large players in the Internet market such as Telcos and ISPs, however there are also benefits for large sources or sinks of traffic to peer at a peering point for the same reasons as an ISP (it reduces their reliance on purchased transmit
). Organisations that need to be multihomed may also choose to connect to their providers at a peering point.
+Traditionally peering happens between large players in the Internet market such as Telcos and ISPs, however there are also benefits for large sources or sinks of traffic to peer at a peering point for the same reasons as an ISP (it reduces their reliance on purchased transit
). Organisations that need to be multihomed may also choose to connect to their providers at a peering point.
!! Peering Information
-NewZealand currently has three
active peering points all managed by CityLink
+NewZealand currently has several
active peering points all managed by CityLink
* [APE] - [Auckland] Peering Exchange - Biggest by volume of traffic
* [WIX] - [Wellington] Internet Exchange - Biggest by number of participants
* [PNIX] - Palmerston North Internet Exchange - Quite small at the moment.
+* [DPE] - Dunedin Peering Exchange
+* [3CIX] - 3 Cities (Hutt City, Upper Hut, Porirua) Internet Exchange
+
According to http://www.nzix.net/ webpages the following exchanges are also under construction.
* Christchuch - (CHIX)
-* Dunedin - (DIX)
* Southland - (SIX)
-Maybe one day
Hamilton will get its act together and
HIX will be born...
+*
Hamilton - (
HIX)
An excellent introduction to peering is William B. Norton's paper "Internet Service Providers and Peering" downloadable from http://www.equinix.com/pdf/whitepapers/PeeringWP.2.pdf
Keep an eye out for other William B. Norton papers as well, they are usually highly informative and well researched.
