Re: Advice on dealing with Sprint (fwd)

[markd () cais cais com]

Jay:

We do this frequently and with a 2501 or a 2514.  It must be a Cisco router 
and sometimes will need more memory.  There is NO additional charge for those 
reselling IP services at CAIS.  The CAIS service agreement is also a 
month to month agreement.  Call me if you would like to find out more. 

Mark Dezagottis
CAIS Internet
(703) 448-4470 x417
 

> Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 21:45:39 +0000
> From: Jay Stewart <cosmo () olywa net>
> To: Rob Liebschutz <rob () rjl com>
> Cc: nanog () merit edu
> Subject: Re: Advice on dealing with Sprint
>
> > 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.
>
> This is my experience also, althought I was able to get my sales 
> weasel to say that they might except a 45xx series if it had 
> sufficient memory, as some "exceptions" had been granted on a "case 
> by case" basis.
>
> As a reseller of IP services they will not manage my router for me, 
> but said I still had to have a Cisco(tm) router, even if I'm not 
> peering BGP.
>
>
>
> Jay Stewart
> Vice President
> Olympia Networking Services - "Olympia's Premier Internet Access"
> Phone (360) 753.3636   Fax (360) 357.6160   http://www.olywa.net/

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CAIS Internet
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McLean, VA 22101
USA                     

Tel:(703) 448-4470 x417
Fax:(703) 790-8805 

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