With all the aquisitions going on, would't it be strange if a major NSP player started announcing through another major NSP. I don't know about you, but _I_ find that strange. BGP routing table entry for 207.121.184.0/21, version 3907425 Paths: (2 available, best #2, advertised over IBGP) 701 199 192.157.69.60 (metric 17) from 165.117.1.17 (165.117.1.120) Origin IGP, metric 2000000000, localpref 100, valid, internal Community: 2548:666 Originator : 165.117.1.120, Cluster list: 0.38.227.186, 165.117.1.15 701 199 192.41.177.248 from 192.41.177.248 (137.39.3.57) Origin IGP, metric 28, localpref 100, valid, external, best Community: 2548:668 Type escape sequence to abort. Tracing the route to web180b.bbnplanet.com (207.121.185.180) 1 * br1.tco1.alter.net (192.41.177.248) [AS 1800] 4 msec 252 msec 2 431.atm10-0.cr1.tco1.alter.net (137.39.13.14) [AS 701] 236 msec 252 msec 256 msec 3 189.Hssi4-0.CR1.BOS1.Alter.Net (137.39.69.74) [AS 701] 256 msec 256 msec 244 msec 4 311.atm1-0.gw1.bos1.alter.net (137.39.13.233) [AS 701] 284 msec 512 msec 252 msec 5 bbn1-gw.customer.ALTER.NET (157.130.3.106) [AS 701] 260 msec 260 msec 276 ms ec 6 cambridge1-colo2.bbnplanet.net (4.0.2.241) [AS 1] 284 msec 272 msec 260 msec 7 web180b.bbnplanet.com (207.121.185.180) [AS 199] 288 msec * 36 msec