Historically, public exchanges have become congested. How will Northwest Access Exchange (NWAX) be different?
A. The Northwest Access Exchange promotes business models that motivate the participants and the Exchange operators to help ensure that the Exchange maintains high-quality service. One of the problems with national peering points is that no mechanism is available for networks to pay one another for providing quality service to another network’s customers. Regional transit exchanges like NWAX overcome this problem by providing direct regional interconnections that allow networks to offer high-quality services for a fee.
