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Re: multi homing pressure
From: "Edward B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam () noc everquick net>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 17:01:13 +0000 (GMT)
TV> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 12:20:25 -0400 (EDT) TV> From: Todd Vierling TV> That's why SLAs exist. I thought SLAs existed to comfort nontechnical people into signing contracts, then denying credits via careful weasel words when the time comes for the customer to collect. Or maybe I'm just cynical. TV> Many customers would rather not multihome directly, and prefer "set it and TV> forget it" connectivity. It's much easier to maintain a multi-pipe TV> connection that consists of one static default route than a pipe to multiple TV> carriers. The former requires simple physical pipe management, which can be TV> left alone for 99% of the time. The latter requires BGP feed, an ASN, and TV> typically much more than 1% of an employee's time to keep running smoothly. Single carrier + multiple POPs != difficult. Even a lowly 2500 can be loaded up with a carrier-assigned private ASN and fed a couple routes. (Maybe it's a little more complex when one needs equal-cost multipath, but it's still hardly rocket science.) TV> Obtaining single-homed connectivity from a Tier-2 mostly "outsources" TV> network support, and small to medium size businesses tend to like that. See above. TV> It's not the only leaf end solution to the problem, but it's a viable one TV> (and can be less costly to the rest of the world in turn). Eddy -- Everquick Internet - http://www.everquick.net/ A division of Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - http://www.brotsman.com/ Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita ________________________________________________________________________ DO NOT send mail to the following addresses: davidc () brics com -*- jfconmaapaq () intc net -*- sam () everquick net Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked. Ditto for broken OOO autoresponders and foolish AV software backscatter.
Current thread:
- Re: multi homing pressure, (continued)
- Re: multi homing pressure Michael . Dillon (Oct 20)
- Re: multi homing pressure David Andersen (Oct 20)
- Re: multi homing pressure Todd Vierling (Oct 19)
- Re: multi homing pressure Christopher L. Morrow (Oct 19)
- Re: multi homing pressure Todd Vierling (Oct 19)
- Re: multi homing pressure Elmar K. Bins (Oct 19)
- Re: multi homing pressure Todd Vierling (Oct 19)
- Re: multi homing pressure Edward Lewis (Oct 19)
- Re: multi homing pressure Patrick W. Gilmore (Oct 19)
- Re: multi homing pressure Justin M. Streiner (Oct 19)
- Re: multi homing pressure Edward B. Dreger (Oct 19)
- Re: multi homing pressure John Payne (Oct 19)
- Re: multi homing pressure Mark Radabaugh (Oct 19)
- Re: multi homing pressure Patrick W. Gilmore (Oct 19)
- RE: multi homing pressure Peter Kranz (Oct 19)
- Re: multi homing pressure Christopher L. Morrow (Oct 19)
- RE: multi homing pressure Ejay Hire (Oct 21)
- Re: multi homing pressure Todd Vierling (Oct 19)
- Re: multi homing pressure Owen DeLong (Oct 19)
- Re: multi homing pressure Jon Lewis (Oct 19)
- Re: multi homing pressure Owen DeLong (Oct 19)
- Re: multi homing pressure Jon Lewis (Oct 19)