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Re: BGP Peer Selection Considerations
From: William Herrin <herrin-nanog () dirtside com>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:10:43 -0500
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:40 PM, <adel () baklawasecrets com> wrote:
I have an existing relationship with provider A, colo, cross connects etc. Provider A has offered to get the PI space, ASN number, purchase the transit for us with provider B and manage cross connects to provider B (they say they have a diverse "fibre backhaul network"). This is quite attractive from a support and billing perspective. Also suspect that provider A will be able to get more attractive pricing from Provider B than I would be able to. Am I missing things that I need to consider?
What happens when provider A is bought by provider C and you want to dump provider C but keep provider B? You'll have created a conflict of interest for provider B in any negotiation you have with them. Be aware that provider A's diverse network for provider A's service is the same diverse network they'll use to connect you to provider B. As a result, many or most of the outages which impact provider A will also impact your connectivity to provider B, defeating the central purpose of having a provider B. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William D. Herrin ................ herrin () dirtside com bill () herrin us 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004
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- BGP Peer Selection Considerations adel (Nov 09)
- Re: BGP Peer Selection Considerations Seth Mattinen (Nov 09)
- Re: BGP Peer Selection Considerations Joe Greco (Nov 09)
- AT&T Admin Aaron Wendel (Nov 09)
- Re: AT&T Admin Seth Mattinen (Nov 09)
- Re: BGP Peer Selection Considerations Joe Greco (Nov 09)
- Re: BGP Peer Selection Considerations Seth Mattinen (Nov 09)
- Re: BGP Peer Selection Considerations William Herrin (Nov 09)
- Re: BGP Peer Selection Considerations Seth Mattinen (Nov 09)
- Re: BGP Peer Selection Considerations Steve Bertrand (Nov 09)
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- Re: BGP Peer Selection Considerations adel (Nov 10)
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