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RE: genuity - any good?

  • From: Stephen J. Wilcox
  • Date: Fri Apr 12 11:56:15 2002

Genuity - first class provider, I would recommend them

What transit provider doesnt use prefixes? Do you think they're mad enough
to accept anything you send them?

And yes, they update the filter within minutes of you confirming the
request with them .. I have suggested they could build the filters from RR
but a quick email isnt the end of the world i guess..

Steve

On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Kris Foster wrote:

> 
> Quick correct, they are extended access-lists
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kris Foster [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 11:02 AM
> > To: 'Roy'; matthew zeier; [email protected]
> > Subject: RE: genuity - any good?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > reasonable route for your prefixes.  According to one of 
> > > their top people,
> > > prefix-lists were unreliable new technology.  We gave up and 
> > > canceled the
> > > circuit.
> > > 
> > 
> > Genuity does use prefix lists (at least now). And, in my 
> > experiences with
> > them is extremely fast in their turn around time to update these.
> > 
> > Kris
> > 
> > 
> 
> 

-- 
Stephen J. Wilcox
IP Services Manager, Opal Telecom
http://www.opaltelecom.co.uk/
Tel: 0161 222 2000
Fax: 0161 222 2008