Thanks! That's a really good one and surprised myself I missed it..;) _____________________________________________ From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu [mailto:Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu] Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 3:28 PM To: Paul Stewart Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Peering - Benefits? * PGP Signed by an unknown key On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:17:45 EDT, Paul Stewart said:
I can think of some but looking to develop a concrete list of appealing reasons etc. such as:
-control over routing between networks -security aspect (being able to filter/verify routes to some degree) -latency/performance
I'm surprised you didn't include "chance to pick up a redundant connection". * Unknown Key * 0xB4D3D7B0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and contains confidential and/or privileged material. If you received this in error, please contact the sender immediately and then destroy this transmission, including all attachments, without copying, distributing or disclosing same. Thank you."