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peering

peering ‎(plural peerings)

(Internet) The act of carrying communications traffic terminating on one's own network on an equivalency basis to and from another network, usually without charge or payment.
- 2001, Peter Willis, Carrier-Scale IP Networks
  The BT UK service uses a combination of private peerings and bilateral peerings at the UK exchange points in London, Manchester and Edinburgh.