Re: local_preference for transit traffic?

[Jeff Wheeler <jsw () inconcepts biz>]

On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 2:24 AM, Keegan Holley
<keegan.holley () sungard com> wrote:
> I always assumed that taking in more traffic was a bad thing.  I've heard
> about one sided peering agreements where one side is sending more traffic
> than the other needs them to transport. Am I missing something?  Would this
> cause a shift in their favor allowing them to offload more customer traffic
> to their peers without complaint?

Well, if Level3 wanted less ingress traffic, they would probably stop
this practice.  I would imagine they thought about it carefully.

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Jeff S Wheeler <jsw () inconcepts biz>
Sr Network Operator  /  Innovative Network Concepts