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RE: request for help w/ ATT and terminology
From: <michael.dillon () bt com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:54:42 -0000
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.
Current thread:
- Re: Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology], (continued)
- Re: Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology] Paul Vixie (Jan 23)
- Re: Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology] Andy Davidson (Jan 23)
- Re: Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology] Jon Lewis (Jan 22)
- Re: Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology] William Herrin (Jan 22)
- Re: Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology] William Herrin (Jan 21)
- Re: Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology] Jon Lewis (Jan 21)
- Re: Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology] Joe Abley (Jan 20)
- Re: Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology] Jeff McAdams (Jan 20)
- Re: Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology] Matt Palmer (Jan 20)
- Re: Cost per prefix [was: request for help w/ ATT and terminology] Adrian Chadd (Jan 20)
- Re: request for help w/ ATT and terminology Leigh Porter (Jan 17)
- Re: request for help w/ ATT and terminology Joe Greco (Jan 17)
- Re: request for help w/ ATT and terminology Valdis . Kletnieks (Jan 17)
- Re: request for help w/ ATT and terminology Steven M. Bellovin (Jan 17)
- Re: request for help w/ ATT and terminology Crist Clark (Jan 17)
- Re: request for help w/ ATT and terminology Valdis . Kletnieks (Jan 17)
- Re: request for help w/ ATT and terminology Steven M. Bellovin (Jan 17)
- Re: request for help w/ ATT and terminology Joe Greco (Jan 18)