IDNet Peering Agreements
Peering Partners
IDNet is present at Internet Exchange Points in London and Amsterdam. At these exchanges we have peering agreements with over 480 leading networks. These inter-connect arrangments enable us to pass traffic at up to Gigabit speeds direct to most destinations.
Our peering partners include the following:
- AboveNet
- Akamai
- The BBC
- Colt
- Demon
- Easynet
- Eirecom
- Energis
- Freedom2Surf
- JaNET
- Microsoft EU
- Microsoft US
- Nildram
- NTL
- PlusNet
- Star
- TeleWest
- Zen
About Peering
Peering is a business relationship in which two ISPs exchange customer traffic directly. It's one of two ways that an ISP's customers can access web sites.
An ISP's primary connectivity is usually initially through metered and paid for Transit via another larger network. However, once an ISP's network grows and reaches a certain size it is possible to negotiate peering agreements to connect directly with other ISPs that have a similar level of traffic flow. The peering agreement allows customers of both networks to reach sites on either network directly and thus potentially much faster as it avoids the need to go via other networks that may be congested.
Therefore, an ISP's performance can be substantially enhanced by identifying and entering peering agreements to connect directly with other networks that trade particularly large volumes of traffic with their own.