[AusNOG] PCH survey on peering

[Matthew Moyle-Croft]

On 05/05/2011, at 10:02 AM, Damien Morris wrote:

> Interesting stuff.. Eg:
> 
>> Of the total analyzed agreements, 698 (0.49%) were formalized in
>> written contracts. The remaining
>> 141,512 (99.51%) were ³handshake² agreements
> 
> 
> I've been asked about this before as senior management types don't like
> "handshake" deals, but my belief that it's a near-100% reality looks
> correct.
> 


Yep.   The ones where contracts exist tend to be where there is some kind of infrastructure involved (PNIs etc) or where alternate connectivity is expensive or impractical (or uneconomic to provide).  

MMC