Re: Advice on dealing with Sprint

[Rob Liebschutz <rob () rjl com>]

I spoke to a sprint salesperson about 2 weeks ago and was told that I
could not get any kind of BGP4 peering with Sprint unless I had a
Cisco 7000 series router.

> Jon Green writes:
> > Hi folks-
> >
> > I have a problem that I need some advice on, and figured this was a good place
> > to turn.  We are attempting to connect a T1 to Sprint in order to multi-home
> > our network.  Currently we are connected to multiple points on MCI's backbone,
> > and have just installed a T1 to UUnet.  We heard back from Sprint today..
> > they are rejecting us as a customer because we do not use Cisco routers.
> > Apparently they feel that Bay Networks routers are not capable of routing
> > Internet traffic, ignoring the fact that they already peer with ANS and
> > several other providers using Bay routers.
>
> You are actually getting some misinformation. You can use any router
> you want, we just can't help you configure things other than Cisco
> routers.  If you want us to manage your router, then it must be a
> Cisco, otherwise use whatever you want.
>
> > Any suggestions welcome.  Anyone from Sprint who'd like to comment, please
> > do so.
>
> Tell your Sprint sales folks that I said it was fine and approve the
> SCA.  If they have any questions, have them call me.
>
> -Hank Kilmer
> Mgr Sprint IP OPS Engineering

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