[AusNOG] Carrier Independent Peering Exchange

[Andy Davidson]

Allan Dib wrote:
>     * The cost of joining the peering facility would be a membership fee
>       depending on the port speed (100Mbps / 1Gbps / 10Gbps etc)

There are ongoing costs that you must cater for at times other than joining
- although a lot of costs are front stacked, the costs of scaling the
exchange, and supporting the legal entity, etc. are going to hurt if you
only bill participants at joining time.

>     * The peering exchange might also take a very small percentage of
>       the fees charged by carriers offering their voice, IP transit or
>       Ethernet services via the exchange (e.g. like an eBay listing fee)

This might be a mistake, as it creates a financial incentive for your
participants to NOT use the exchange. :-)


Andy