[AusNOG] Is there such thing as peering with Telstra in Australia

[Mark Smith]

On 2 Mar. 2017 4:07 pm, "Paul Holmanskikh" <ausnog at pkholm.com> wrote:

Hi,

Is there any way to peer with Telsta AS1221 within Australia? They are not
present on any IX in Australia. But it seems the only way to peer with
Telstra is to buy transit from them.But transit from Telstra costs
absolutely insane money. I'm looking for peering because Telstra's
customers generates good amount of traffic on our transit links.



The word Peer means an equal, based on a or some set of metrics. Are you,
by any network metric, an equal or near equal of Telstra's?

Network peering is about two parties getting getting enough of a mutual
benefit that they agree not to send each other bills for services that are
approximately of the same value.

By the same argument you're using, I could wonder why my ISP is not peering
with my network at home. By the same argument, your customers wonder why
you're not peering with them.

The best way to get Telstra to lower or better yet avoid their prices is to
not pay them. Get you transit from somebody else. If you believe Telstra's
transit is better than everybody else's, pay their price.




-- 
NEXON - I.T. FOR THE DYNAMIC BUSINESS
Paul Holmanskikh


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