Re: request for help w/ ATT and terminology

[Leigh Porter <leigh.porter () ukbroadband com>]

All you can say is...* **Caveat emptor.**

*michael.dillon () bt com 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.
>