[AusNOG] Domestic Peering WAS: Vocus peering traffic missingfrom PIPE-IX?

[Chris Ricks]

There's been on list discussion stating that if the other 3 members of
the GoF were evaluated using Verizon's published policy, they wouldn't
get to keep the current arrangement - do you have an opinion on that
either way?


On 12/11/12 15:13, Mark Prior wrote:
> On 12/11/12 12:25 PM, Chris Ricks wrote:
>
>> Even if a merger of M2, iiNet and TPG occurred, their traffic volume
>> would not put them in a position to discuss settlement-free or SKA
>> peering with any of the GoF without government intervention - that is
>> the crux of the issue here.
>
> I wouldn't put Verizon in the same box as the other three. They have a
> written peering policy and if you satisfy the policy via a test
> peering then you get to keep it.
>
> AAPT had a policy (I wrote the first version :-) but it's a moving
> target, at least it was when I last tried to use it to get peering.
> Telstra's peering policy is mission impossible and Optus can't spell
> peering.
>
> Mark.
>