Episode 93 of Networking Tech with Fexingo dives into the hidden world of peering — the agreements that connect networks and determine how your data travels. Lucas explains the difference between public peering at Internet exchanges and private peering between large providers, using the 2021 Facebook outage as a case study to show what happens when peering breaks. He walks through the economics: settlement-free vs. paid peering, and how Netflix's Open Connect Appliances shifted the balance of power with ISPs. Luna questions whether regulation is needed as consolidation reduces peering options, and they discuss the rise of peering portals that automate negotiation. The episode grounds abstract concepts in a real failure that affected billions of users.
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