Re: Peering Exchange Configurations

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

>     3a) If no: Do participants typically preference exchange-learned  
> routes over other sources?
>
> Yes.  As far as I know all our members set routes learned through the
> exchange fabric higher than anything else.  That's kind of the point as
> exchange traffic is free so you always want to use it first.
Actually, the order of preference is usually:

1.      Private Interconnects (direct private peering)
2.      Non-metered paid peering/transit
3.      Exchange Points
4.      Metered paid peering/transit

Owen