[AusNOG] Any point peering out west for an east coast ISP?

[Gavin Tweedie]

Hey James,

Yep there are a few local networks that you won't see peering in other 
states but your traffic volumes might not make commercial sense to build 
backhaul to WA/SA just for it depending on what your netflow/sflow shows 
you and your cost base. A couple of the bigger ones in WA are some/most 
of the WA Government & Woodside along with a bunch of smaller/local 
networks.

As you correctly state many of the nationals peer elsewhere (or their 
transit supplier does), so you'd possibly be shifting it from their 
backhaul to yours. That is of course assuming they are carrying it 
nationally and not just dumping it on their domestic transit in SA/WA in 
which case that might swing your business case a bit! Also depends where 
you sit on the cost/control/reliability curve. Might not be the cheapest 
option but may give you better control for example.

I'd recommend you grab a dump from the WAIX looking glass and run some 
flow analysis on your side to make an informed decision. Joe will no 
doubt help you out too :)

Gavin
.. hat-less

On 7/5/16 8:10 AM, James Mcintosh wrote:
> Hi Noggers,
>
> We're an east coast ISP peering in QLD, NSW and VIC. We have no 
> infrastructure in WA or SA. Is there any point in us peering in SA or 
> WA and backhauling this traffic to our VIC point of presence?
>
> From what I can see all the ISPs with a strong presence in SA/WA 
> already peer in VIC and NSW so we'd just basically be shifting the 
> backhaul burden to ourselves if we were to remotely peer in WA. Are 
> there any major unique peers in WA that aren't peering VIC/NSW/QLD 
> already?
>
> -James
>
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