1) The Cable companies are peering (with Tier 2s and each other) in a *big* way That's probably why ATDN depeered ~20 networks over last few months, while Comcast and Charter do not peer at all.
2) The Large Network Savvy Content Companies are getting into peering in a *big* way With transit bandwidth at 20k$/GE, and Equinix shared fabric now priced at nearly half that, I don't see that many "content companies" peering all that much.
3) The Large Network Savvy Content Companies are getting their content directly onto the Cable companies eyeball networks by peering relationships. I wish.
Out of big eyeball networks, only SBC has reasonably open policy, rest are attempting to force "content networks" into paid peering arrangements using restrictive ratio requirements -- Alex Pilosov | DSL, Colocation, Hosting Services President | alex@pilosoft.com (800) 710-7031 Pilosoft, Inc. | http://www.pilosoft.com