A collection of traceroutes to and from various places on the Gold Coast. These begin to illustrate the topology of the Internet on the Gold Coast and why peering is needed. If you have any traceroutes to be added then please mail them to me with an explanation of where they were from and where they are to.

Other Peering Points

BIX - The Brisbane Internet Exchange
SAIX - the South Australian Internet Exchange
SIX - the Sydney Internet Exchange
VIX - the Victorian Internet Exchange
WAIX - The West Australian Internet Exchange
Melbourne NAPette - a small peering point for small ISPs. A wonderful idea.
AusBone - the Australian national peering network. This is a network that links peering points around Australia, allowing inter NAP peering - that is peering between cities.
TeleGeography's List of Exchange Points - a site with links to many (most?) of the worlds peering points.

Peering Resources

A talk at NANOG by someone who tried to set up a peering point in co.us but didn't totally succeed. (Real Video)
redir.pl from squid proxies at WAIX. Shows the kind of resources that can be available at a peering point.
Traffic reports for WAIX, indicating the approximate savings made by each member.
The How and Why to Connect FAQ for WAIX.
The role of peering in Australia - A brief description of peering as it exists in Australia with an old picture of the Sydney peering point.
Avi Freedman's BGP guide. BGP is the protocol that routers use to tell each other which networks they can reach. This is part of the technical side to the construction of a peering point. If you decide to join a peering point there are usually lots of people around who can help you with these technical issues should you need it.
CCA's multi-homing FAQ - another place to learn of BGP and associated issues.