The Art of Peering

  • Authors:
  • S. Bartholomew

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • BT Technology Journal
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

For Concert, as an Internet service provider operating one of the many thousands of networks that make up the Global Internet, there are two key questions — 'How does Concert connect to and fit within this single global network?' — and — 'If any of the traffic generated by Concert customers goes to destinations that are not on CIP (Concert Internet Plus, Concert's Internet service) network, how does it get there?' The answer to both questions is by 'peering'. This paper covers peering from Concert's broad commercial view, looking at various interconnecting strategies, key principles and policies.