EduPop Routing and Connection Policy

The EduPop Project uses the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) to exchange information between members.  The EduPop is a fully routed Exchange Point on the Internet.

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The EduPop will not have direct IP-layer connectivity to the Texas GigaPOP.

The EduPop will also peer with various commercial ISPs through direct connections and via shared facilities leased by the Edupop.  The shared facilities currently include a  connection to the MAGIE (a VLAN based cloud operated by Phonoscope) and to Southwestern Bell's ATM network (a PVC based cloud).

The EduPop project provides a much shorter, higher capacity link for providers in the Houston area who have customers who wish to connect to Houston area Universities and Independent School Districts.

The EduPop project welcomes inquiries from any interested party, but will enter into a connection and peering agreement only when it would further the goals of the EduPop project.

The EduPop will accept only those routes originated by the participating enterprises. That is, no EduPop connection will be used to provide transit between any EduPop participant and any network that is not a participant.

We are not creating a NAP (Network Access Point) or MAE (Metropolitan Area Exchange).  We will not offer transit services for our commercial partners. Participants may not point default or otherwise use another participant's resources without permission.   Broadcast traffic may not be delivered to the exchange, except as needed for normal operation and troubleshooting.  

We are creating a network facility which is an alternate path for ISPs who offer services in the geographical region of Houston.

Therefore, the EduPop will provide transit between any educational participant and any commercial participant.  Routes from the commercial participants will be advertised to the educational participants.  Routes from educational participants will be advertised to the commercial participants. Routes will not be exchanged, nor transit provided, from one commercial participant to another commercial participant.  Routes will not be exchanged, nor transit provided, from one educational participant to another educational participant.

If any participant wants less than the full set of routes the EduPop would normally advertise to it, then that participant should implement appropriate filtering in its own network.

Peering is bilateral. There is no MLPA.

Participants may not sniff traffic between other participants.