Jon Green writes:
Hi folks-
I have a problem that I need some advice on, and figured this was a good place to turn. We are attempting to connect a T1 to Sprint in order to multi-home our network. Currently we are connected to multiple points on MCI's backbone, and have just installed a T1 to UUnet. We heard back from Sprint today.. they are rejecting us as a customer because we do not use Cisco routers. Apparently they feel that Bay Networks routers are not capable of routing Internet traffic, ignoring the fact that they already peer with ANS and several other providers using Bay routers.
You are actually getting some misinformation. You can use any router you want, we just can't help you configure things other than Cisco routers. If you want us to manage your router, then it must be a Cisco, otherwise use whatever you want.
Any suggestions welcome. Anyone from Sprint who'd like to comment, please do so.
Tell your Sprint sales folks that I said it was fine and approve the SCA. If they have any questions, have them call me. -Hank Kilmer Mgr Sprint IP OPS Engineering