BUYER'S GUIDE
Evaluating IP transit
What to check before buying transit from anyone. Every criterion below has a live instrument on this site. Apply it to your current provider before you renew.
- CRITERION 01
RPKI signing and maxLength discipline. Check the validator, not marketing copy.
Validate any AS now → - CRITERION 02
IX port count and location. Tell real ports apart from flag-planting.
See AS61573's live datasheet → - CRITERION 03
Upstream diversity, observed in live BGP, not on a sales slide.
Compare upstreams: yours vs ours → - CRITERION 04
Measured latency, not advertised. Run your network's measurement in one click.
Measure now, with a public ID →
External rulers, same for every network: PeeringDB · bgp.he.net · iperf3