June NANOG Meeting

Tier 2 - 5 Peering BOF

Daniel Golding and Nathan Estes, Netrail

This BOF provides a forum for the discussion of:

Methods of small peer interconnections
Demand for Tier 2-5 peering
Costing models
Interaction of larger NSPs with smaller peers, including settlement based peering, and providing regional routes.

About the Presenter
Daniel L. Golding is currently director of network design for NetRail. His previous experience includes large scale IP network design and consumer dialup delivery at Mindspring. He is currently involved in a major ATM to IP/MPLS migration.

Nathan Estes is Director of Network Engineering for NetRail. His current projects include a large scale Ascend GRF to Juniper M20/M40 conversion, as well as a leased-line to dark fiber build.