A bi-lateral agreement made by network operators to guarantee access to each others customers at no cost to either party
An agreement devised between two network service providers for the purpose of private and direct data exchange between their respective networks. Peering agreements usually result in faster and more efficient data exchange.
A business relationship whereby ISPs provide to each other connectivity to each other's downstream transit customers. The terms peering and peer are often, particularly in the US, used to refer to the relationship with downstream transit customers and upstream transit providers.
traffic is exchanged directly between two Internet backbones, usually based on shared costs with no settlement for the volume of traffic exchanged. The agreement allows traffic to be exchanged between computers connected to either network, but does not allow traffic to transit one of the networks to reach computers on a third network.
Peering is the arrangement of traffic exchange between Internet service providers (ISPs). Larger ISPs with their own backbone networks agree to allow traffic from other large ISPs in exchange for traffic on their backbones. They also exchange traffic with smaller ISPs so that they can reach regional end points.
The process by which Internet service providers or other network providers exchange traffic between their customers, based on mutual agreements.
A relationship established between two or more ISPs for the purpose of directly exchanging Internet traffic.
The commercial practice under which nationwide ISPs exchange each other's traffic without the payment of settlement charges.
Peering is when two networks perform an interconnect to exchange traffic. This is the normal method of interconnection between networks which make up the global Internet. Also known as IP Peering
An agreement between Internet backbone carriers to exchange equal amounts of data at specified points along the Internet. Peering agreements enable competing companies to utilize cable laid by one another, thus reducing costs and duplication of cable routes. As the data is exchanged freely between the carriers, there is no economic incentive for one carrier to manage the incoming data of another carrier. Should one carrier submit data in excess of the "peering" agreement, the other carrier will usually discard the excess data. Thus, 'peering' connections on the Internet have often been associated with bottlenecks of Internet data transmission.
A relationship between two ISPs for transferring traffic directly rather than via an internet backbone provider. A key to successful GRX facilities.
This is the physical exchange of data traffic between ISP and another. Peering arrangements are a long standing practice among ISPs by which they consent to exchange traffic without charge, based on mutual benefit. Normally peering is undertaken at public peering points such as the London Internet Exchange (LINX).
The arrangement of information sharing between Internet Service Providers at various NAPs.
Peering is the set of agreements among the companies that provide the main connections on the internet for routing traffic among themselves. Since no one company or government is "in charge" or "owns" the Internet, the ability of any one computer on the internet to talk to any other computer is dependent on the peering arrangements in place. This arrangements determine the path that the information will take between those two computers. These paths change continually based on the performance of the networks and the routing decisions that each carrier announces using the BGP4 protocol. Note that on the internet traffic in each direction rarely travels the same path, and a single message may not all go over the same set of connections.
A 'Peering' facility allows the sharing of telecom capacity between major telecom users (even if they are competitors) to deal with peak-load problems and for the exchange of Internet traffic.
Peering is an agreement between Internet networks to facilitate transit of data packets across each other's networks, generally resulting in fewer hops, and therefore providing the best performance and connectivity. Peering helps us to provide you with enhanced flexibility, lower rates, superior network performance, and provides additional network reliability.
A relationship between two or more small- or medium-sized ISPs in which the ISPs create a direct link between each other and agree to forward each other's packets directly across this link instead of using the standard Internet backbone.
Practice of exchanging Internet traffic with directly connected peers according to commercial and contractual agreements.
Peering is voluntary interconnection of administratively separate Internet networks for the purpose of exchanging traffic between the customers of each network. The pure definition of peering is settlement-free or "sender keeps all," meaning that neither party pays the other for the exchanged traffic, instead, each derives revenue from its own customers. Marketing and commercial pressures have led to the word peering routinely being used when there is some settlement involved, even though that is not the accurate technical use of the word.