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Re: Did Internap lose all clue?
From: Jay Nakamura <zeusdadog () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:54:22 -0400
Well, it didn't say "router hops"... They could mean "AS hops" I guess. I never trust marketing garbage anyway. It makes my head hurt. On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 4:48 PM, bas <kilobit () gmail com> wrote:
Recently I was contacted by an Internap sales person. The third line of the email read: "As you know well, BGP makes all routing decisions simply based on HOP COUNT" I blinked my eyes a couple of times.. Yes it really said hop count. Then I replied to the guy that if he tries to sell a technical product to technical people he should get his info straight. But he replied BGP actually makes decisions based on hop count. He even sent an URL from the internap website that states this http://www.internap.com/it-iq/route-optimization-miro/ On that page there is also this gem: "BGP relies on the premise that hops are responsible for packet loss and congestion, and therefore a route with fewer hops is inherently better. " I can imagine blatant misinformation like this from a shady startup trying to trick some sales with smoke and mirrors, but from Internap? -- Bas
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- Did Internap lose all clue? bas (Oct 20)
- Re: Did Internap lose all clue? Paul Graydon (Oct 20)
- Re: Did Internap lose all clue? Jay Nakamura (Oct 20)
- RE: Did Internap lose all clue? Holmes,David A (Oct 20)
- Re: Did Internap lose all clue? Richard Irving (Oct 20)
- Re: Did Internap lose all clue? Patrick W. Gilmore (Oct 20)
- Re: Did Internap lose all clue? manny (Oct 20)
- Re: Did Internap lose all clue? Brant I. Stevens (Oct 20)
- RE: Did Internap lose all clue? Darrell Hyde (Oct 20)
- Re: Did Internap lose all clue? Bruce Pinsky (Oct 20)
- RE: Did Internap lose all clue? Holmes,David A (Oct 20)
- Re: Did Internap lose all clue? Jack Bates (Oct 20)