The exchange of data directly between Internet service providers, rather than via the Internet.
Example sentencesExamples
- Public peering is a means for internet service providers to send and receive traffic destined for one another's networks.
- Finally, VoIP peering will only be beneficial if the carrier can bill for the transpired calls.
- In voice peering, as in simple peering, the overall aim is to achieve some consistency in traffic management end to end.
- Whether networks interconnect via peering or transit is based on the respective size of their networks.
- Even the staunchest advocates of end to end VoIP are quick to admit that voice peering is not the norm today.