Re: internet - sparkle

[craig washington <craigwashington01 () hotmail com>]

Agree with this 💯 
Traffic engineering is non existent making it a pain to move your traffic besides not advertising the prefix to them

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> On May 16, 2018, at 12:33 PM, Ca By <cb.list6 () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 9:14 AM Michael Crapse <michael () wi-fiber io> wrote:
> >
> > Additionally, whilst not "technically" a tier 1 provider, Hurricane
> > electric should be high on that list. Especially as one of the best
> > providers of and proponents for IPv6. We'll see into the future, HE may
> > have one of the most critical infrastructures, and should be a "part-owner"
> > of the internet.
>
> Fully disagree.
>
> 1). HE cant reach cogent on v6. Forget whos fault it is, it is a liability
> for anyone that relies on HE
>
> 2). They dont support common bgp communities like no-export, so trying to
> do TE is a mess.
>
> 3). They are at the center of nearly every bgp hijacking fiasco because
> they dont have reasonable route controls.
>
> HE is a liability to us all until they fix their bgp filters
>
> https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2018/04/amazons-route-53-bgp-hijack/
>
>
>
>
> > > On Wed, May 16, 2018, 8:08 AM Eric Dugas <edugas () unknowndevice ca> wrote:
> > >
> > > Replace Level3 with CenturyLink as they're basically taking over AS33566.
> > > Would add Zayo (AS6461) to the list.
> > >
> > > I'm not familiar with Sparkle/Seabone to be honest as we're operating an
> > > eyeball network exclusively in the NA.
> > > > On May 16 2018, at 10:54 am, Aaron Gould <aaron1 () gvtc com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > http://icaruswept.com/2016/06/28/who-owns-the-internet/
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > .written in 12/2015 - do y'all think this is accurate, and, in 2018, is
> > > it
> > > > still accurate ? (asking since my next question is related to Sparkle,
> > > since
> > > > they are listed in that previous article as a significant Internet
> > > presence)
> > > > Also, please tell me your feelings/experiences of Sparkle as an
> > Internet
> > > > uplink provider. like for 10/100 gig.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > My coworker just got back from ITW/Chicago and he is considering
> > Sparkle
> > > as
> > > > an additional Internet provider for the ISP I work for in San Antonio,
> > > TX .
> > > > we would need to uplink to Sparkle in the central Texas area somehow.
> > He
> > > > mentioned that Sparkle may be in McAllen / Dallas and could possibly,
> > in
> > > the
> > > > future be in Austin or San Antonio
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > - Aaron