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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: Sprint peering policy
Here's what I've "heard" about Sprint and peering... Sprint's minimum to peer is 6 x OC-12's. To peer with them, you have to undergo a 90-day trial period. At the end of the 90 days, they will determine whether or not they would like to peer with you. Here's the catch: During the 90-day trial period, there is a NON-REFUNDABLE $125k/port fee (for each OC-12). So, you're looking at laying out $750k per month for 3 months, or $2.25 MILLION over the 90-day "trial" period, and even then, they MIGHT peer with you. But that's just what I've "heard". On a side note: Folks should keep an eye on Allegiance Internet (the folks I work for). They picked up the old Digex / Intermedia Business Internet backbone and are in the process of integrating it (under AS2548). Financially solid company, very easy to work with, and have some strong uptimes. (Plan on seeing an SLA of 99.999%/99.75%/65ms with a guaranteed 15 minute response time for loss of connectivity to customer prem and a guaranteed 40 business day install). For peering, I'm pretty sure the policy is Tier 1 = 4 points OC-3 or better, Tier 2 = 4 points DS-3 or better (Tier 2 peer pays loop charge if applicable). Thanks, Dan Dan Mitchell Internet Systems Engineer - Boston AllegianceInternet / Hosting.com 781.478.1857 Direct Line [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Nelson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 1:04 PM To: Majdi S. Abbas; Ralph Doncaster Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Sprint peering policy http://www.sprintlink.net/policy/index.html --what they publish $$$$$--what they don't jeff "Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send." --Jon Postel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Majdi S. Abbas" <[email protected]> To: "Ralph Doncaster" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 11:57 AM Subject: Re: Sprint peering policy > > On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 12:39:11PM -0400, Ralph Doncaster wrote: > > While many other tier-1's have publicly listed their peering policies, > > I've never seen anything for 1239. Not that I'd stand a chance, but does > > anyone know what their peering requirements are? > > sprintlink.net# grep peering /etc/aliases > peering: /dev/null > sprintlink.net# > > --msa >
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