Re: Small guys with BGP issues

[Steve Bertrand <steve () ibctech ca>]

Adrian Chadd wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 02, 2009, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
>
> > If you don't like the service you're getting, vote with your money and
> > buy from someone else. This is quite simply not a NANOG issue, but in 
> > the interests of being helpful the best advice I can give you is this:
> >
> > "Your request is unreasonable, and you should adjust your expectations 
> > that you'll ever get it from the service you are purchasing".
> >
> > Sorry if that's not the answer you want. :)
>
> Or you could look at alternatives with your provider, ie:
>
> "Ok, so we can't speak BGP over that particular link. May I colocate some
>  router with you at extra cost and connect to you via -that-, so I may then
>  speak BGP to you over that and then tunnel my data back to me over your
>  DSL network?"
>
> That way you don't require your ISP to speak BGP over a DSL link and all
> of the headaches they may not be prepared for, and you get control over
> your own network.

heh,

Adrian, unfortunately, it's political, out of my grasp.

Thankfully, these threads should be enough to either get things moving
forward, or get me fired. Either way, progress was made.

I'm sick of sitting still. I want to do more.

Steve