Re: ix's & prefix registration

["Suresh Ramasubramanian" <suresh () outblaze com>]

Niels Bakker <niels=nanog () bakker net> writes:

> AMS-IX does not, nor does it require its members to peer with anybody
> (including the exchange-supporting network infrastructure).  AMS-IX
> believes that the decision to peer is up to the individual members.

NIXI (http://www.nixi.org) - the national internet exchange of india - seems to enforce a mandatory multilateral 
peering policy (though their policy, and their setup, sure sounds like a godawful mess, right about now) :(

Quoting from their membership agreement (a word doc at http://www.nixi.org/NIXI%20T&C_%20ver_%202.doc) -

> Peering Policy of NIXI
>
> NIXI has adopted a Multilateral peering policy . Member ISPs shall 
> not refuse to accept traffic from other members. 

   --srs