Re:Survey: Peering Staffing Levels

["Dean S Moran" <dmoran () supernetpower com>]

Dwight,

Contact Peter Jansen, (peter.jansen () cw net). 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.




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Original Message
From: "Dwight Ernest"<dwight () significant com>
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

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