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| | Inter- ISP Bandwidth Market |
 | | Ideally, from the traffic flow point of view, all ISPs should be able to exchange traffic through peering with all ISPs that have a presence in the same region, and do so at exchange points where all are present. |
 | | But, even though the trade-offs between transit and peering (and other hypothetical forms of IP inter-connection) lie at the heart of cost and revenues of all ISPs, in the day-to-day reality, the means to make an informed decision and implement the best inter-connection agreements are almost non-existent. |
 | | Inter-connection points are known by various names, such as co-location facility, peering point, exchange facility, NAP or MAE, etc., depending on their particular historical heritage and what other services are offered there. |
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