Re: remember the "diameter of the internet"?

[Richard A Steenbergen <ras () e-gerbil net>]

On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 06:39:45PM +0000, E.B. Dreger wrote:
> That's what happened here.  Rather than transitting the traffic
> via a "last resort" across town/state, the higher local-pref of a
> "local" peer won.
>
> Geography requirements for peers aren't inherently bad.  There's
> a point where things get extreme, but it would be nice to see
> nationals peer in the south as well.  If one has peering
> requirements, at least set them to reach a positive goal...

BGP twiddling cannot fix a broke-ass network design.

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