I would state that peering gives more control over the traffic you handle (since it is not going over someone else's network). Every hop is a possible problem to your operations, I guess.
David On 12 July 2017 at 09:13, Wolfgang Tremmel <wolfgang.trem...@de-cix.net> wrote: > > > On 11. Jul 2017, at 21:43, Nick Hilliard <n...@foobar.org> wrote: > > > > Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: > >> 1) Are they present an IX where I am present? > >> > >> 2) Can they configure BGP correctly? > >> > >> 3) … Beer? > > > > > > 1) do they have a pulse? > > 4 ) are they in PeeringDB and keep their entry up to date? (especially the > contact information) > > cheers, > Wolfgang > > > -- > Wolfgang Tremmel > > Phone +49 69 1730902 26 | Fax +49 69 4056 2716 | Mobile +49 171 8600 816 > | wolfgang.trem...@de-cix.net > Geschaeftsfuehrer Harald A. Summa | Registergericht AG Köln HRB 51135 > DE-CIX Management GmbH | Lindleystrasse 12 | 60314 Frankfurt am Main | > Germany | www.de-cix.net > > > -- -- My opinion is mine.
