In Practice
One approach is to establish bi-lateral relations between Metro Ethernet providers doing this, as opposed to allowing arbitrary interconnections
- more control over services, greater safety
- but need better term for “peering between peering points” than “interconnection” !
XchangePoint is currently running 2 trials of this:
- with Packet Exchange to extend their service to our sites
- with a CoLo to extend our services to their sites
- similar discussions with two other parties
White paper on this will be available soon