NTAC Peering Working Group

[Michael Lambert <>]

Just to follow up on Jeff’s remarks about Microsoft caching… Information 
about site and ISP caches can be found at 
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/do/.

Michael

> On Feb 20, 2024, at 16:37, Brock, Anthony W <> 
> wrote:
> 
> Here are the notes from today’s call:
>  - Agenda Bash
> - Update on peering and I2PX
>     Jeff attended NANOG in Charlotte last week along with Adair and a few 
> other people from I2
>     Met with Microsoft
>         At dual 100g connections in 7 different metros
>         Migrating to new routers in 1 location
>         Were curious to know if I2 was interested in hosting their caching
>             I2 had typically avoided this due to cost of colo, so passing 
> this along to regionals
>             They now offer an image that you can install on your own 
> hardware
>     Met with Amazon
>         Amazon is decommissioning their 10g connections with other networks
>         I2 is in discussions on replacing existing 10g with a minimum of 
> 100g
>         I2 is looking at migrating Amazon out of the R&E vrf
>     Met with ByteDance (parent company of TikTok)
>         Considering the addition of direct peering
>         This would grant access to TikTok
>         ByteDance has recently expanded into a number of US peering 
> locations
>     Met with Zayo
>         Zayo is decommissioning their 10g connections with other networks
>         I2 is in discussions on replacing existing 10g with a minimum of 
> 100g
>     Concerns with peering with ByteDance
>         Some regionals have had internal discussions and decided to avoid 
> direct peering due to various political and other factors
>         I2 is aware of these concerns
>         ByteDance has invested significant resources in moving their 
> resources in-house (away from external cloud providers)
>     Amazon is currently the only NET+ providers in both R&E and I2PX
>     There are several that still need to be moved from R&E to I2PX
> - Network Weather Update – Trends and Coming Events
>     No significant updates
> - Internet2 Network Updates
>     Steve is working on some data for CommEx
>     Jeff expects to be more focused on border router best practices, edge 
> peering, and training/tutorial resources over this coming year
> - Campus border route policy best practices
>     Dave Farmer is still working on this
> - Other business
>     No other business
>  Tony