Dr. Peering

So much free time on my hands; maybe a new book? Maybe not? #peering #ixp #interconnection

Today’s job alert (carefully selected from all the millions of other jobs presently listed out there). Director of Capacity Engineering with global responsibility at F5. Read on. ffive.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/f5jobs/j…

Play! Play till all your undersea cables break! abyssal-link.vercel.app

Panama’s @globalpeering should be safe. 🙄 Nothing going on anywhere in the world that anyone should be worried about.

The @ISOC_Foundation 2025 Sustainable Peering Infrastructure Grantees: Albania Armenia Bangladesh Columbia DRC Ecuador El Salvador Gabon Guatemala Italy Malawi North Macedonia Pacific Island Countries Panama Paraguay Rwanda Sierra Leone & Ukraine. isocfoundation.org/2026/02/introd…

Internet connectivity down in Iran as airstrikes hit the country. Traffic volume dropped at 07:06 UTC and then again at 11:47 UTC with minimal connectivity remaining. The country had a partial restoration since Jan-27 following a complete shutdown in Jan-8.

Is it schadenfreude to mention that $CCOI (Cogent Communications Holdings Inc) stock price is presently down 30% today? Could #AS174 go the same way as #AS3257 $GTT (GTT Communications)?

Financial results tomorrow for #AS174. It’s not been a great past year for $CCOI (Cogent Communications Holdings Inc). Acquiring Sprint’s fiber caused financial issues. Maybe a more relaxed internet peering stance would help?

From all the Internet peering and BGP routing community, let’s wish all those that celebrate: 🐴 Year of the Horse - have a happy and prosperous #LunarNewYear 🌙 Ramadan Mubarak - welcome the holy month of #Ramadan

RIP David J. Farber, “Grandfather of the Internet”. He built some core parts of the Internet! internethalloffame.org/2026/02/10/in-…

Just published on YouTube from @nanog and #NANOG96. BGP stuck routes (something about BGP clocks) presented by @kemalsanjta from @thousandeyes (now @Cisco). youtu.be/nrQppEUZJO4 (because withdrawing prefixes should work)

Last week we passed 1,048,576 prefixes (that’s 0x100000 in hex). We’ve officially switched up to 21 bits worth of prefixes. Did your router crash? I hope not!

“Remote peering has quietly disrupted the benefits of anycast and IXPs.” - AMEN!

BGP routing security at @apnic Routing Security SIG #APNIC61 #APRICOT2026

The BGP protocol, with its usage and vulnerabilities can be found in direct emails addressed to Jeffrey Epstein. OSPF, IS-IS, and other routing protocols aren’t mentioned.

It’s #NANOG96 week at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco. Forgot listening to the official talks, instead check out @TracketPacer for real network advice & @citiesbydiana for exposing Bay Area Silicon Valley reality (and not a minute more!)

Fred Rogers once said: "Vermont is a small state which makes an enormous difference." He’s the kind of guy that’s always right. Congratulations @TheIcelandGuy for putting Vermont on the #IXP map! #vermontix

Happy Robbie Burns Night 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 For @LINX_Network and their Scottish IX: O LINX o’ Scots, ye stand aloof, Frae London’s braid and tangled roof; Ye keep yer ain proud packets tight— A thistle’s will, a network’s might, steadfast, canny, rooted in northern pride.

This is @globalswitch’s GS2 datacenter (or datacentre) in East London. Clearly nothing to be alarmed about. In fact @LondonFire said: “The fire is believed to have been accidental and caused by the failure of one of the lead acid batteries.” No networks or IX’s reporting issues.

Here’s today’s @globalpeering travel and flight update should you need to avoid the US on your way to Panama City for #GPF2026. Sadly, there’s no direct flights from those far-away war hotspots; but, you can easily pop over to San Salvador and/or Caracas while in Panama City.

@LINX_Network Blink and you’d miss that tiny little one terabit blip. It’s at-best a half terabit exchange. There is no half terabit club. Just saying.

We are pleased to share that the Internet Exchange Point we power in Riyadh tipped the 1Tb mark at the weekend! The IXP in Riyadh only went live in June of 2024, so to show this kind of growth in under 2 years proves the demand for low latency peering solutions in the region and we are proud to deliver these with our world class technology and support for center3. eu1.hubs.ly/H0r43Gt0 Here at LINX we are so close to 1Tb milestones at other locations including LINX Manchester, Jeddah IX powered by LINX and our LON2 interconnection hub in London. linx.net/about/network/ Meet with the LINX team at #CapacityMiddleEast in Dubai next month to explore your options - join us for low latency network performance or let us power an IXP for you! #TrusttheExperts #PeeringandMore #LINX