Tactic 23. Defensive Tactic – Do Not Peer in Your Home Market

Now we move on to the tactics used to NOT peer.

These next few tactics are different – they are executed by the larger peers (typically the Tier 1 ISPs) to avoid peering with anyone else in their Internet Region.

Korea Telecom (KT) protects its home market Tier 1 advantage by not peering in its home country. In fact, to peer with Korea Telecom, peers must meet the company in a different country (Figure 11-38).