Acme Packet wrestles with peering

Everyone can agree that VoIP peering is a good thing. Acme Packet is trying to drive it forward with its "Connected Universe" program, which aims to make peering as easy as pointing two compatible SBCs at each other. But even among Acme's own customer base, which tend to be carrier-grade, it's not entirely that simple. For a lot of very good business reasons, not everyone wants to commit to multilateral peering--where everyone agrees to carry everyone else's traffic. The question that the industry is still working through is how big and small carriers can come to some equitable agreement--and how locked-in-struggle competitors can agree to cooperate.

For more information about VoIP peering:
- read this article from VoIP News