Remote Peering

Tinet’s Remote Peering solution provides Ethernet connectivity to our customers looking for:

A connection to a remote public exchange (e.g. LINX, AMSIX, DECIX, PAIX, NYIIX, Equinix, IBX Exchanges) using Ethernet lines over Tinet’s extensive MPLS backbone.

A private peering relationship with a remote network.

Example of Customer A using two different VLANs over a single 10GE interface to set up two separate Ethernet circuits to:

1. Connect and peer at a remote Internet Exchange, e.g. LINX.
2. Directly connect to a remote peer (e.g. in Hong Kong) bypassing the Exchange Point and its associated fees.

In both cases Customer A would save on the costs of buying, supporting and colocating a router at the remote end, that are associated with traditional peering set ups.

Any Tinet customer can add a Remote Peering service to its existing Ethernet port, making it possible to configure any combination of IP transit, Remote Peering and VLL services.

PRODUCT BENEFITS

Improve Connectivity: Shifting traffic from IP transit to direct peering relationships with remote partners enhances network connectivity through fewer hops, lower latency and managed direct interconnects.

Extended Geographic Reach: Ethernet private lines can be established from any of Tinet’s 120 MPLS PoPs across the US, Canada, Europe, Hong Kong and Singapore, to connect customers to all the major public exchanges in North America and Europe.

Flexibility: Delivering bandwidth on-demand lets customers pay only for the bandwidth they actually use. The Remote Peering service is suitable for gradual traffic ramp-up scenarios while customers negotiate peering agreements with partners over the remote exchange point.

Cost Savings: More cost effective point-to-point service than Sonet/SDH lines and router interfaces. The Remote Exchange presence scenario requires no router investment, no maintenance and no colocation costs at the remote Exchange.

Point-To-Multipoint Services Made Cheaper: Multiple VLAN links can be set up over the same Ethernet physical port. No need to buy multiple leased lines to reach each individual remote location, nor to add new interfaces at your hub site.

SERVICES FEATURES

Point To Point - Point To Multipoint: Several Ethernet Lines can be set up over a single physical interface to one or more IX’s.

Dedicated Bandwidth: The maximum requested capacity is reserved (via MPLS Traffic Engineering).

Guaranteed Latency: The round-trip-time is defined for each point to point link.

Bandwidth On Demand: Scalable bandwidth to meet unexpected traffic levels.

Billing: Flat rate or per-Mbps fees. Accounting is based on the 95th percentile algorithm.

Customer Support: 24 x 7 proactive monitoring and Help Desk

SLA: Proactive SLA.

Available Ports: Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 10Gigabit Ethernet.

TECHNOLOGY BEHIND REMOTE PEERING

Ethernet over MPLS: Tinet uses Layer 2 MPLS encapsulation to set up Ethernet Private Lines between different and distant routers. Tinet’s network behaves like a geographically distributed Layer 2 Ethernet switch, therefore peering AS networks perceived to be directly connected to each other via an Ethernet direct link.

Tinet uses the Pseudo Wire Encapsulation (PWE) standard based on draft-Martini (see Juniper’s "Layer 2 Circuits" implementation guide) to deliver Ethernet-over-MPLS services. Tinet can set up one or more channels that provide secure connectivity between two or more end-sites by using the same physical access pipe. RSVP and LDP are the MPLS signalling protocols used end-to-end while path protection is guaranteed by the MPLS Fast Reroute algorithm.

Remote Peering is a Layer 2 service so customers fully control the Layer 3 (IP addressing, I-BGP, BGP, DNS).

QUALITY COMMITMENTS

Network Resiliency: All PoPs connected over diversely routed fiber rings. Redundant topology at both the fiber and MPLS layer.

Bandwidth Guarantees: End-to-end MPLS Traffic Engineering.

Customer Support: Three geographically diverse NOCs (Germany, Italy and USA) for operations continuity. Online service reports.

SLA: Proactive service credits to back up our performance commitments.