Editing Internet backbone (section)

===Peering agreements===
Backbone providers of roughly equivalent market share regularly create agreements called [[Peering#Peering agreement|peering agreements]], which allow the use of another's network to hand off traffic where it is ultimately delivered. Usually they do not charge each other for this, as the companies get revenue from their customers.<ref name=crossroads /><ref name=topbits>{{cite web|title=Internet Backbone|url=http://www.tech-faq.com/internet-backbone.html|publisher=Topbits Website|access-date=9 February 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716200149/http://www.tech-faq.com/internet-backbone.html|archive-date=16 July 2011}}</ref>