<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11px;">(English version follows)</span></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11px;"><br class=""></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Antecendentes:</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Hace cinco años PCH llevó a cabo la primera, y hasta la fecha única, encuesta exhaustiva para caracterizar los acuerdos de peering en Internet.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">El documento resultante puede encontrarse aquí: <a href="https://www.pch.net/resources/Papers/peering-survey/PCH-Peering-Survey-2011.pdf" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><font color="#000099" class="">https://www.pch.net/resources/Papers/peering-survey/PCH-Peering-Survey-2011.pdf</font></span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Ese documento fue una de las contribuciones claves en la elaboración de un importante documento que la OCDE publica cada cinco años, con recomendaciones de política regulatoria de las comunicaciones a los países miembros de la OCDE: <a href="https://webmail.oecd.org/OWA/redir.aspx?REF=UX80ZOvzu01wedaD3M9TBGhxNBl1-NApRWM0memN2ar6-9QdENzTCAFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm9lY2Qub3JnL29mZmljaWFsZG9jdW1lbnRzL3B1YmxpY2Rpc3BsYXlkb2N1bWVudHBkZi8_Y290ZT1EU1RJL0lDQ1AvQ0lTUCgyMDExKTIvRklOQUwmZG9jTGFuZ3VhZ2U9RW4." class=""><font color="#021eaa" class=""><span style="line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 46, 237);" class="">h</span><span style="line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 46, 237);" class="">ttp://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocumentpdf/?cote=DSTI/ICCP/CISP(2011)2/FINAL&docLanguage=En</span></font></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">La encuesta tuvo varias conclusiones útiles que anteriormente no se habían establecido como un hecho; sobre todo, la cantidad de relaciones de peering que son acuerdos de “apretón de manos”, sin contrato escrito. Estos hallazgos han tenido un efecto beneficioso sobre el entorno regulatorio en el que muchos de nosotros operamos nuestras redes.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Al preparar la encuesta en 2011, nos comprometimos a repetirla cada cinco años con el fin de proporcionar un barómetro de las tendencias que toman los acuerdos de peering. Cinco años después, en 2016, estamos repitiendo la encuesta.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Esta encuesta es de alcance mundial, y nos gustaría que refleje con precisión la diversidad de los acuerdos de peering que hay en el mundo: estamos interesados en grandes y en pequeños proveedores de Internet, proveedores en Afganistán y en Zimbabwe, acuerdos bilaterales y multilaterales, acuerdos privados y públicos. Nuestra intención es que esta encuesta sea lo más completa posible. En 2011, las respuestas que recibimos representaban el 86% de todos los proveedores del mundo y 96 países. Nos gustaría ser, al menos, tan inclusivos en esta ocasión.</span></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Privacidad:</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">En 2011, prometimos recoger el conjunto de datos mínimo necesario para responder a las preguntas, llevar a cabo el análisis de inmediato, y no conservar los datos una vez llevado a cabo el análisis. De esta manera, nos aseguramos de que la privacidad de los encuestados estaba plenamente protegida. Como prometimos, no se filtró ningún dato y toda la comunidad se benefició de la confianza que se nos prestó. Os pedimos vuestra confianza de nuevo y renovamos nuestro compromiso de proteger la privacidad de todos los encuestados, usando el mismo proceso que la última vez. Os estamos solicitando los datos estrictamente necesarios, para realizar el análisis inmediatamente después de recibirlos. Una vez el análisis finalizado, procederemos a borrar los datos.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">La encuesta:</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Con el fin de reducir al mínimo el trabajo de responder a la encuesta, estamos pidiendo un pequeño conjunto de datos sobre cada relación.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">En concreto, por cada Sistema Autónomo con el que haces peering, nos gustaría conocer los siguientes cinco campos de información:</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 54px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">• <b class="">Tu ASN</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 54px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(96, 96, 96); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class="">• <b class="">El ASN de tu peer</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""> </b>(solo peers, no proveedores de transito <i class="">upstream</i> or clientes <i class="">downstream</i>)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 54px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(96, 96, 96); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class="">• <b class="">Si existe un acuerdo de peering escrito y firmado</b> </span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">(siendo la alternativa el acuerdo menos formal, conocido como "acuerdo apretón de manos” o handshake agreement del inglés)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 54px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(96, 96, 96); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class="">• <b class="">Si los términos del acuerdo son más o menos simétricos </b></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">(siendo la alternativa que en el acuerdo se describe términos diferentes para cada una de las dos partes, como por ejemplo que una parte paga a la otra, o que uno recibe más o menos rutas que rutas de clientes completos)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 54px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">• <b class="">Si se ha definido una jurisdicción de la ley que rige el acuerdo</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 54px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(96, 96, 96); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class="">• <b class="">Si se están intercambiando rutas IPv6</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""> </b>(este ano asumiremos que las rutas IPv4 se siguen intercambiando)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">La forma más fácil de recibir la información es a través de un archivo de texto tabulado o archivo CSV, o una hoja de cálculo Excel, que consista en filas en las que cada fila contenga las siguientes columnas:</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Tu ASN: Numero entero</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">El ASN de tu peer: Numero entero</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Acuerdo escrito: Boolean (‘true’ o ‘false’)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Acuerdo simétrico: Boolean (‘true’ o ‘false’)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Ley vigente: ISO 3166 de dos dígitos de código de país (‘es’ para Espana), o vacío</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Rutas IPv6: Boolean (‘true’ o ‘false’)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Por ejemplo:</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(170, 170, 170); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class="">42</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> <tab> </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class="">715</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> <tab> </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class="">false</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> <tab> </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class="">true</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> <tab></span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class=""> us</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> <tab></span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class=""> true</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> <cr></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(170, 170, 170); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class="">42</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> <tab> </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class="">3856</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> <tab> </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class="">true</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> <tab> </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class="">true</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> <tab> </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class="">us</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> <tab> </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class="">true</span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> <cr></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">La razón por la que solicitamos los ASN es para evitar contar dos veces la misma relación de peering cuando recibamos respuestas de ambas partes. Asimismo, al recibir la información de la relación de peering a través de las dos partes, podremos ver si difieren o no, dándonos información adicional sobre la calidad de la encuesta. En cuanto hayamos agregado los datos, eliminaremos los ASN para proteger la privacidad, y solo se publicarán estadísticas agregadas finales. Nos comprometemos a no revelar jamás ningún ASN o cualquier información relativa a cualquier ASN. Ya tenemos cerca de 8.000 sesiones documentadas, y nos encantaría tener todas las que sean posibles. <b class="">Nos gustaría terminar la recogida de datos a finales de septiembre, es decir, en apenas dos semanas desde hoy.</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Si su sesión de peering es con un route-server, le invitamos a que solo incluya el ASN del route-server, si le resulta más fácil, en lugar de incluir cada uno de los ASNs de los peers al otro lado del route-server. Cualquiera de las dos maneras nos vale.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Si todas las sesiones tienen las mismas características, nos puede decir cuáles son dichas características, su ASN, y una simple lista de los ASNs de sus peers.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Si usted tiene acuerdos de peering protegidos por acuerdos de confidencialidad o NDAs, o si las políticas de su organización se oponen a la divulgación de sus peers pero le gustaría participar en la encuesta, por favor háganoslo saber para que podamos incluir aquella información que sea capaz de proporcionarnos y asegurarnos de que sus prácticas se encuentran estadísticamente representadas en nuestros resultados.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Si desea colaborar, envíenos por correo electrónico los datos en el formato que sea. Si necesita un acuerdo de confidencialidad y no-divulgación, estamos encantados de firmarlo.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Por último, si hay alguna otra pregunta que le gustaría que se respondiera en el futuro, háganoslo saber para que podamos integrarla en la encuesta de 2021. La pregunta sobre el encaminamiento IPv6 de la encuesta de este año se añadió por petición de un gran número de los encuestados en 2011.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Para completar la encuesta, por favor responda a </b><b class=""><a href="mailto:woody@pch.net" class=""><font color="#000099" class="">woody@pch.net</font></a></b><b class="">, antes del 30 de Septiembre.</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""></b></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Gracias de antemano por su participación. Se lo tenemos muy agradecido y esperamos poder contribuir a la comunidad con sus resultados.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> -Bill Woodcock</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> Director ejecutivo</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> Packet Clearing House</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">____________________</span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b class="">Background:</b></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Five years ago PCH conducted the first, and to date only, comprehensive survey characterizing Internet peering agreements.</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(2, 30, 170); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 46, 122); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The document that resulted can be found here: </span><a href="https://www.pch.net/resources/Papers/peering-survey/PCH-Peering-Survey-2011.pdf" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><font color="#000099" class="">https://www.pch.net/resources/Papers/peering-survey/PCH-Peering-Survey-2011.pdf</font></span></a></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">That document was one of the principal inputs to an important document that the OECD publishes every five years, one that recommends communications regulatory policy to OECD member nations: </span><a href="https://webmail.oecd.org/OWA/redir.aspx?REF=UX80ZOvzu01wedaD3M9TBGhxNBl1-NApRWM0memN2ar6-9QdENzTCAFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm9lY2Qub3JnL29mZmljaWFsZG9jdW1lbnRzL3B1YmxpY2Rpc3BsYXlkb2N1bWVudHBkZi8_Y290ZT1EU1RJL0lDQ1AvQ0lTUCgyMDExKTIvRklOQUwmZG9jTGFuZ3VhZ2U9RW4." style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><font color="#021eaa" class=""><span style="line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 46, 237);" class="">h</span><span style="line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 46, 237);" class="">ttp://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocumentpdf/?cote=DSTI/ICCP/CISP(2011)2/FINAL&docLanguage=En</span></font></a></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">The survey had several useful findings which hadn’t previously been established as fact—most notably the portion of peering relationships that are “handshake” agreements, without written contract. These findings have improved the regulatory environments in which many of us operate our networks.</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">At the time of the 2011 survey, we committed to repeating the survey every five years, so as to provide an ongoing indication of the direction peering trends take. It’s now five years later, so we’re repeating the survey.</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">The survey is global in scope, and our goal is to reflect the diversity of peering agreements in the world; we’re interested in large ISPs and small ISPs, ISPs in Afghanistan and in Zimbabwe, bilateral agreements and multilateral, private and public. Our intent is to be as comprehensive as possible. In 2011, the responses we received represented 86% of all of the world’s ISPs and 96 countries. We would like to be at least as inclusive this time.</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b class="">Privacy:</b></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">In 2011, we promised to collect the smallest set of data necessary to answer the questions, to perform the analysis immediately, and not to retain the data after the analysis was accomplished. In that way, we ensured that the privacy of respondents was fully protected. We did as we said, no data was leaked, and the whole community benefited from the trust that was extended to us. We ask for your trust again now as we make the same commitment to protect the privacy of all respondents, using the same process as last time. We are asking for no more data than is absolutely necessary. We will perform the analysis immediately upon receiving all of the data. We will delete the data once the analysis has been performed.</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b class="">The Survey:</b></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">We would like to know the following five pieces of information relative to each Autonomous System you peer with:</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 54px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">• <b class="">Your ASN</b></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 54px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(96, 96, 96); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(96, 96, 96); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• <b class="">Your peer’s ASN</b> </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">(peers only, not upstream transit providers or downstream customers)</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 54px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(96, 96, 96); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(96, 96, 96); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• <b class="">Whether a written and signed peering agreement exists</b> </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">(the alternative being a less formal arrangement, such as a "handshake agreement")</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 54px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(96, 96, 96); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(96, 96, 96); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• <b class="">Whether the terms are roughly symmetric</b> </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">(the alternative being that they describe an agreement with different terms for each of the two parties, such as one compensating the other, or one receiving more or fewer than full customer routes)</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 54px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">• <b class="">Whether a jurisdiction of governing law is defined</b></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 54px; text-indent: -18px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(96, 96, 96); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(96, 96, 96); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">• <b class="">Whether IPv6 routes are being exchanged</b> </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">(this year, we’ll still assume that IPv4 are)</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">The easiest way for us to receive the information is as a tab-text or CSV file or an Excel spreadsheet, consisting of rows with the following columns:</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Your ASN: Integer</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Peer ASN: Integer</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Written agreement: Boolean</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Symmetric: Boolean</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Governing Law: ISO 3166 two-digit country-code, or empty</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">IPv6 Routes: Boolean</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">For instance:</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(170, 170, 170); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">42</span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"> <tab> </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">715</span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"> <tab> </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">false</span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"> <tab> </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">true</span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"> <tab> </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">us</span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"> <tab> </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">true</span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"> <cr></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(170, 170, 170); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">42</span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"> <tab> </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">3856</span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"> <tab> </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">true</span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"> <tab> </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">true</span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"> <tab> </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">us</span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"> <tab> </span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">true</span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"> <cr></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">We are asking for the ASNs only so we can avoid double-counting a single pair of peers when we hear from both of them, and so that when we hear about a relationship in responses from both peers we can see how closely the two responses match, an important check on the quality of the survey. As soon as we've collated the data, we'll strip the ASNs to protect privacy, and only the final aggregate statistics will be published. We will never disclose any ASN or any information about any ASN. We already have more than 8,000 ASN-pair relationships documented, and we hope to receive as many more as possible. <b class="">We'd like to finish collecting data by the end of September, about two weeks from now.</b></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">If you’re peering with an MLPA route-server, you’re welcome to include just the route-server’s ASN, if that’s easiest, rather than trying to include each of the peer ASNs on the other side of the route-server. Either way is fine.</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">If all of your sessions have the same characteristics, you can just tell us what those characteristics are once, your own ASN once, and give us a simple list of your peer ASNs.</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">If your number of peers is small enough to be pasted or typed into an email, rather than attached as a file, and that’s simpler, just go ahead and do that.</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">If you have written peering agreements that are covered by non-disclosure agreements, or if your organizational policy precludes disclosing your peers, but you’d still like to participate in the survey, please let us know, and we’ll work with whatever information you’re able to give us and try to ensure that your practices are statistically represented in our results.</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">If you're able to help us, please email me the data in whatever form you can. If you need a non-disclosure, we're happy to sign one.</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Finally, if there are any other questions you’d like to see answered in the future, please let us know so that we can consider addressing them in the 2021 survey. The question about IPv6 routing in this year’s survey is there because quite a few of the 2011 respondents asked us to include it this time.</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b class="">Please respond by replying to me, <a href="mailto:woody@pch.net" class=""><font color="#000099" class="">woody@pch.net</font></a>, before the end of September.</b></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Thank you for considering participating. We very much appreciate it, and we look forward to returning the results to the community.</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 13px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"> -Bill Woodcock</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"> Executive Director</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"> Packet Clearing House</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><br class=""></span></div></span></div></span></div></body></html>