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All you can say is...* **Caveat emptor.** *[email protected] wrote: >> 2. What's the technical terminology for the request for AT&T >> to simply start advertising our netblock called? I'm >> wondering if they're not understanding our request. >> > > You hit the nail on the head with that question. It's called a > purchase order request. You bought vanilla Internet access which > uses AT&T's aggregate address announcements and now you want them > to provide a different service where they manage special announcements > for your address prefix. > > There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. > > When dealing with large companies, you get cheap prices when you > buy standard products, not when you buy customized services. > > --Michael Dillon > > P.S. if your network is all in one cage, it can't be that difficult > to just renumber it all into AT&T address space. >
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