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

[Paul Holmanskikh]

Hi,

It is exactly what I'm trying to achieve by peering.  My customers 
(mostly hosting) will get better connectivity to Telstra's customers 
(mostly mom&dads). Win/win. But I guess Telstra will loose some money it 
can potentially charge from my transit ISP-s. We peer with many context 
provides to provide better service for my customers (and save money on 
transit). Same win/win.

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NEXON - I.T. FOR THE DYNAMIC BUSINESS
Paul Holmanskikh
Senior Network Engineer



On 02/03/2017 18:58, Mark Smith wrote:

> 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.
> 
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>> Paul Holmanskikh
>> 
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