2011/6/8 Jack Bates <jba...@brightok.net>: > That's what it really boils down to. How much money can be saved versus > performance. If I'm doing a lot of throughput to a specific network, it > makes sense that I might want to connect to them, especially if that > connection either 1) saves me money or 2) gives me superior QOS/load > balancing without a cost increase. > > Anything less than 200mbit of traffic isn't even worth me considering these > days, and as I grow, I'm sure that number will increase. Content providers > generally won't peer unless you meet certain traffic requirements for the > same reason.
That's certainly a valid approach for direct (private) peering, it's not applicable to IXPs offering route servers. -- Jérôme Nicolle
