A Study of 28 Peering Policies

The following are snippets of Peering Policy Clauses found in the Peering Rules of the Road - A Study of 28 Peering Policies study. Clauses were categorized and put into rough categories for comparison.

Policy May Change Peering Policy Clause

This policy may be updated from time to time, and Internap reserves the right to modify, replace, or nullify this policy at any time. – InterNap Net Access Corporation reserves the right to modify, replace, or nullify this document at any time. – NAC

This policy may be updated from time to time, as market and traffic conditions affecting network interconnections change. nLayer reserves the right to modify this policy at any time. – nLayer RCN reserves the right to change this peering policy without notice. -- RCN

# WBS Connect reserves the right to modify this policy at any time, for any reason. – wbsconnect Comcast may modify this SFI policy at any time. -- Comcast

HWNG will continue to monitor the development of the Internet and traffic conditions and make appropriate changes in this Policy as the Internet continues to evolve. HWNG reserves the right to modify this Policy at any time. – Highwinds

Charter Communications reserves the right to change this peering policy without notice. – Charter

Qwest maintains the right to change this policy at any time without written notification. It is the responsibility of Interconnection Candidate to maintain compliance with the policy. The policy is located at www.Qwest.com/legal. -- Qwest

This policy may be updated from time to time, as market and traffic conditions affecting network interconnections change. We reserve the right to modify, replace, or nullify this document at any time. -- WVFiber

Periodic review of the policies contained here will be conducted to ensure that the criteria and eligibility requirements are consistent with AT&T's business needs. AT&T may modify this settlement-free peering policy at any time. – AT&T



About the Author

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Mr Norton is Founder of DrPeering, an Internet Peering portal and consultancy, with over twenty years of Internet experience.

From 1998-2008, Mr. Norton’s title was Co-Founder and Chief Technical Liaison for Equinix. From the beginning, Mr. Norton focused on building a critical mass of carriers, ISPs and Content Providers. To this end, he created the white paper process, identifying interesting and important Internet peering operations topics, and documenting what he learned from the peering folks. He published and presented his research white papers in a variety of international operations and research forums. These activities helped establish the relationships necessary to atract the set of Tier 1 ISPs, Tier 2 ISPs, Cable Companies, and Content Providers necessary for a healthy Internet Exchange Point ecosystem.

 

 

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