North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Peering problem with NSP
On Mon, 30 Oct 1995, Matt Harrop wrote: > In a few months, the network I operate is going to become > multi-homed. I've just ordered the T1 from SprintLink and I know that > they'll have no problem with BGP4 peering, or with the fact that I'll be > multi-homed. My problem is with my existing NSP; fONOROLA. When I > informed that that I would be going multi-homed, and asked them about > peering this was their answer: > > > Due to our high level of interconnectivity, we carry over 6k routes on our > > backbone. Not all will be available to you. We can only assure you that direct > > connect routes will be offered, namely AS2493 & AS812. Transit ASes cannot be > > provided to you at this time on a guarenteed basis. If you use us as > > default, this is not a problem, but I suspect you will not. We have direct > > connectivity to CA*net, Rogers, UUNET, WorldLinx, MCI, ANS, and > > cannot, at this time, ensure that all routes land on you. This kind of > > routing transit service is not really intended as our usual service > > offering, and it has a strong impact on our backbone design. > > Is this in any way reasonable? fONOROLA's primary connections to the rest > of the world are MCI and ANS. If they can't provide transit to MCI and > ANS, they are essentialy useless to me. Of perticular interest to me is > their last statement. Would this actualy have a "strong impact" on their > backbone? Ya, drop them, they just don't want to do it. Nathan Stratton CEO, NetRail, Inc. Your Gateway to the World! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone (703)524-4800 NetRail, Inc. Fax (703)534-5033 2007 N. 15 St. Suite 5 Email [email protected] Arlington, Va. 22201 WWW http://www.netrail.net/ Access: (703) 524-4802 guest ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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