"We have no physical product that comes in a box, so the IT infrastructure has to be rock-solid for us. PEER 1 gets that it's critical to my business, and they make sure that I stay in business."
Available to co-location customers only.You can reduce
costs and increase routing performance by negotiating your own
bilateral peering agreements using PIX. Available in PEER 1's
Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal data centers, this free peering service
enables you to connect through the PIX switch fabric with other
customers, non-customers and Internet carriers. See current PIX peering participants.
Basic Peering Guidelines
Participants can connect to the exchange via Fast Ethernet or Gigabit
Ethernet (GigE). Participants must provide the necessary GBIC module
for GigE connections. Cross connects within the facility to the
exchange fabric are free. Responsibility for getting to the facility
lies solely with the participant.
Peering is bilateral, strictly negotiated between the participants
themselves. There is no requirement for networks to have a routing
policy and route objects in an Internet Route registry, such as the
RADB, as methods for filtering routes will be determined by each member.
BGP-4 or successor is used for peering, and participants may not point
default route or otherwise use another participant's resources without
permission.
Vonage 'call quality' depends heavily on an innovative platform that uses PEER 1's fast-performing network. Andrew Peart explains.