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Saving transit costs with peering
If you do not have peering, your network pays transit fees to reach the Capital I Internet. Sometimes that is fine. The upstream takes the packet, carries it across its backbone, and hands it to someone else. The customer still gets where they are going, but that does not mean it is the best path. A few customers streaming video or pulling game updates may not seem like much on their own. Add enough of that traffic together, and the transit port starts doing most of the work. At some point, you
How an Internet Exchange works in a simple explainer
How Peering Keeps Internet Traffic Local An eight-scene visual walkthrough of BGP peering and Internet Exchange points Scene 1 of 8 Two separate networks Network A ASN 64501 Core router Customers Servers Paid transit path Transit providers Network B ASN 64502 Core router Content Cache Many hops between A and B Without peering, traffic may take the long way around. When two networks do not connect directly, traffic usually follows whatever upstream route BGP gi
What Happens Without Peering?
Without a direct path, your packets just follow whatever upstream route BGP hands out.
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