There is one more thing to consider based on your app or content latency criteria needs. Do you provide a service that performs better with low latency - such as live desktop, live video/voice. You may wish to peer to have more control and more direct path to your customer base. If you identify your customer base in a specific region - then explore the best peering exchange points to utilize in that region. This can help you reduce your packet hop count/ deliver time, etc. etc..
Thank You Bob Evans CTO > On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 4:12 PM, craig washington < > craigwashingto...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Newbie question, what criteria do you look for when you decide that you >> want to peer with someone or if you will accept peering with someone >> from >> an ISP point of view. > > > I assume you mean "reciprocal peering" in the sense of shortcut from your > customers to their customers rather than the more generic sense that any > BGP neighbor is a "peer". > > 1. What does it cost? If you and they are already on an IX peering switch > or you're both at a relaxed location where running another cable carries > no > monthly fee, there's not much down side. > > 2. Is the improvement to your service worth the cost? It's not worth > buying > a data circuit or cross-connect to support a 100kbps trickle. > > 3. Do you have the technical acumen to stay on top of it? Some kinds of > breakage in the peering link could jam traffic between your customers and > theirs. If you're not able to notice and respond, you'd be better off > sending the traffic up to your ISPs and letting them worry about it. > > If the three of those add up to "yes" instead of "no" then peering may be > smart. > > Regards, > Bill Herrin > > > -- > William Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us > Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/> >
