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Dwight, Contact Peter Jansen, ([email protected]). He is *clearly* "The Man" when it comes to peering, and I'm certain that he'd be more than glad to answer all of your questions. ---------------------------------------------- Original Message From: "Dwight Ernest"<[email protected]> Subject: Survey: Peering Staffing Levels Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 15:11:13 -0400 > >Please forgive the non-operational content. > >I'm interested in getting some idea of the level of staffing provided by >NSPs and ISPs in their peering departments. In fact, I've been asked by >my management to provide as much info about such levels as possible, >without a need to disclose the identity of any responding company. > >If you have time, and wish to participate, I'd sure appreciate it. I >will provide a summary of the responses to respondents. No identifying >information need be provided. Get a disposable email account at Hotmail >or Yahoo if you'd like to be really anonymous. Any question may be >skipped if you wish. I appreciate your assistance! > >DO NOT RESPOND TO THE LIST! > >1. Do your peering staff members do peering negotiations and planning >only, or do they also do peering-related hands-on router engineering? > ___ planning and negotiation only > ___ planning, negotiation, and hands-on router stuff > ___ something other than these two choices: > ______________________________________________________________ > >2. What is the size of your peering staff? > ___ full-time staff members > ___ part-time staff members > >3. Do you feel this staffing level is appropriate? > ___ too high > ___ just right > ___ too low > >4. What is the ballpark aggregate exchange volume in megabits/second at >peak, for your AS, or for all of the ASses for which you are responsible? > ___ mb/s @ peak > >5. What is the primary location of the majority of your peering >department's staff members? > ___ USA > ___ North America other than USA > ___ Europe > ___ Central or Western Asia > ___ Eastern or Southeastern Asia > ___ Australia/NZ > ___ South America > ___ Africa > >6. Approximately how many private or public peers does your network >exchange traffic with? > ___ private peers > ___ public peers > >7. What percentage volume of your network's total exchange volume is >exchange via peering (as opposed to being exchanged via transit)? > ___% is exchanged via peering > >Again, thank you very much for your participation. > >Cheers, >--Dwight Ernest > > _____________________________________________ Free email with personality! Over 200 domains! http://www.MyOwnEmail.com
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