Dear Connect Working Group members,

We are researchers at UFMG and FURG (Brazil) studying how networks use the "never via route servers" option in PeeringDB and how IXP route servers apply it.

If you operate a network, we would appreciate 3 minutes of your time, whether or not your network has the option enabled:

Participation is voluntary and anonymous. We collect no personal data, identifying your network is optional, and results will only be reported in aggregate.

For questions or comments, contact us at: Pedro Ferreira pedroferreira@dcc.ufmg.br, Italo Cunha cunha@dcc.ufmg.br, Pedro Marcos pbmarcos@furg.br

Thank you,

Pedro Ferreira (M.Sc. student, UFMG), advised by Prof. Italo Cunha (UFMG) and Prof. Pedro Marcos (FURG)