Re: Asia Apac networks

[Siyuan Miao <aveline () misaka io>]

Cogent didn't peer with NTT and PCCW in Asia so it's normal if they still
prefer local routes. Otherwise the latency might be at least 100ms.

On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 12:50 Lady Benjamin Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE <
lb () 6by7 net> wrote:

> This sort of thing in general is not uncommon in my experience.  Many
> networks weight our outbound with local preferences.
>
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> > On Mar 9, 2022, at 2:30 AM, Edvinas Kairys <edvinas.email () gmail com>
> wrote:
> > 
> >   Hello,
> >
> > We've introduced Cogent network in Equinix Honk Kong DC. But seems via
> that link we're just receiving just only 5% of our traffic, other part of
> incoming traffic is received via our other ISPs like NTT, Simcentrc, and
> Equinix IXP.
> > I know it's very naïve to expect the traffic load balance equally
> between 3 ISPs (4 if IXP is counted) using just one /24 subnet. According
> to most of BGP looking glasses in Asia, traffic via Cogent is least
> preferred even when i've added 6x prepend AS on our other mentioned
> providers to make route via Cogent more attractive. But nothing helps -
> seems main providers in Asia made routes via Cogent least preferable by
> lowering the local preference to it, that why prepending from our side
> doesn't help.
> > Maybe someone has experience or similar problems with ISPs in Asia
> network ?
> >