"The public peering points are by design bottlenecks, " says Scott Hiles, Sprint's network operations manager.

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More peering into the machinery of government at the Public Administration Committee at 9.45am.

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Like other content heavy Hyper Giants, Facebook also offers a liberal peering policy with a presence at more than 15 public exchange points.

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