Version 1.0 Draft Effective date: 2026-04-01 Last updated: 2026-03-19

RegPEX Service Level Agreement (SLA)

This Service Level Agreement defines the service commitments and remedies available to RegPEX Members.

1. Service Definitions

Service Description
Peering Port Layer 2 switch port for peering traffic; available in 1GE, 10GE, or 100GE
Route Server BIRD2-based route server for multilateral peering
Support 24/7 Network Operations Center (NOC) support

2. Uptime Targets

Component Target Uptime
Peering Fabric 99.95%
Route Server 99.9%
Looking Glass 99.5%
Member Portal 99.5%

Uptime is measured on a monthly basis. Scheduled maintenance is excluded from uptime calculations.

3. Service Credit Table

Credits are applied to the following month's invoice as a percentage of the monthly port fee:

Achieved Uptime Credit
99.95% – 100% None
99.5% – 99.95% 10%
99% – 99.5% 25%
98% – 99% 50%
Below 98% 100%

Maximum credit per month: 100% of monthly port fee.

4. Maintenance Windows

Standard Maintenance

Parameter Value
Schedule First Sunday of each month
Window 02:00 – 06:00 UTC+3
Notice Minimum 72 hours in advance

Emergency Maintenance

Parameter Value
Notice Minimum 4 hours (best effort)
Purpose Critical security or stability fixes

5. Incident Priority Levels

Priority Classification Initial Response Resolution Target
P1 Critical (fabric outage) 15 minutes 2 hours
P2 High (Route Server, major impact) 30 minutes 4 hours
P3 Medium (partial outage, Looking Glass) 1 hour 8 hours
P4 Low (portal, minor issues) 4 hours 5 business days

6. Escalation Matrix

Time Since Report Escalation Level
0 – 30 min NOC Engineer
30 – 60 min Senior NOC
1 – 2 hours Technical Director
2+ hours General Manager

7. Reporting

Report Type Frequency Content
Monthly Report Monthly Uptime, availability, incident summary
Incident Post-Mortem Per incident For P1 and P2 incidents; root cause, timeline, remediation

8. Credit Claim Process

  1. Member submits a written claim within 30 days of the end of the affected month
  2. Claim must reference specific incidents and dates
  3. RegPEX validates against monitoring records
  4. Approved credits are applied to the following month's invoice
  5. Maximum credit: 100% of monthly port fee

9. Exclusions

Service credits and SLA targets do not apply when outages are caused by:

Exclusion Description
Force Majeure Natural disaster, war, civil unrest, government action, pandemic
Member Equipment Fault or failure of Member-provided equipment
Member Configuration Errors in Member BGP or system configuration
Cross-Connect Provider Failure of third-party cross-connect or POP operator
Planned Maintenance Scheduled maintenance communicated in advance

This SLA is subject to change. Material changes will be communicated to Members with reasonable notice.