On 12/19/2010 1:48 PM, Jon Auer wrote: > Inline > > On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Charles N Wyble > <[email protected]> wrote: > All peering is good peering (until egos get involved). > Peering with content providers may save you some money. > Open peering with anyone sufficiently clued to have a ASN makes the > internet and your provider community stronger.
Of course. Peering is very good across the board. My point was that more significant advantages come from access to content network peering. I didn't mean access networks shouldn't peer with each other. >> The level of effort is hopefully nothing more the a textbook templatized >> config that connects you to the fabric. The talent is in running the >> fabric. >> > Agreed on a textbook template. Disagree that any talent is needed to > run the fabric. > Setup some basic port security on a L2 switch (one mac address, etc) > and get rolling. > You don't need route reflectors or anything fancy to get started. > Actually, you don't even need a shared switch if there are only two > participants. Fair enough. A bit of skill is required to keep it running, recruit new participants, troubleshoot issues etc. I've never built a peering fabric before, but plan to build one this year. >> Yeah it's a small subset for sure. > In my experience if someone doesn't have the clue there are other ISP > peeps in the area with clue and care to help. > Perhaps our local small IX just has a good community. Oh of course. I didn't mean to belittle folks. I was just commenting on the fact that good network folks are hard to find. :) > We run ~5 Mbps on average with peaks over 50 Mbps.This is on a IX with > 15 participants, most of whom you've never heard of. > We have people working from home with a VPN to work. Online backup > with servers that consultants host with other local providers (and > servers with us and clients on other providers), VoIP systems, video > conferences with teaches from schools. > All of these applications benefit from local peering. Absolutely. Peer early and often. :) > Please, everyone, consider the locations you have in common with other > providers. > If you are in a datecenter or larger facility check out > http://www.peeringdb.com > Peering will help more than it can hurt. +1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
