Re: ratios

["Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve () opaltelecom co uk>]

it usually means either way.. that is the tolerance within which all is
well and no more questions need to be asked

when the ratio varies above or below then usually people want to know why
that is and whether peering is still in their interest altho it doesnt
usually rule it out eg a large web hoster will have much more outbound
traffic and isps still need to access their websites 

Steve

On Tue, 7 May 2002, Scott Granados wrote:

> I read the cw and uu examples.  In the case of 1.5 to 1 which seems 
> really close but I'm assuming this means I can send you 1.5 to every one 
> received.  Does this also apply in the inverse ie uunet sends back to me 
> only 1.5 to my 1 or is this less critical?
>
> On Tue, 7 May 2002, PETER JANSEN 
> wrote:
>
> > Scott:
> >
> > Traffic ratios are one of the many parameters that ensure equality and
> > a mutual benefit between networks in a settlement free peering relationship.
> >
> > Have a look at our peering policy at www.cw.com/peering. It will
> > provide you with some information on peering with large networks.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Peter Jansen
> > Global Peering
> > Cable & Wireless 
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 13:30 -0400 (EDT)
> > From: Scott Granados <scott () graphidelix net>
> > To: nanog () merit edu
> > Sender: owner-nanog () merit edu
> > Delivered-to: nanog-outgoing () trapdoor merit edu
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> > Subject: ratios
> >
> >
> > I'm not overly familiar with this but I wondered if someone could detail 
> > for me the basics of using ratios to determine elegibility to peer?   I 
> > have heard that some carrers especially the largest require a specific 
> > ratio is this in fact true and is the logic as simple as just insuring 
> > equal use of the peer?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Scott