-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/28/11 17:59, Andy Susag wrote:
If you add or remove an upstream provider to your network, do you provide notification to your downstream customers? Likely, it would cause a shift in their traffic. If they are peering with multiple ISPs themselves, they may see a traffic flux.
I know for a fact that our upstreams do not notify us of events so we tend to not send out these sort of notifications. Just wonder what everyone else does or if anyone happens to know "best practice"
In an ideal world, part of a good change-management process is to notify those who may see differences as a consequence of any proposed change (tell the folk that care). That way, they know something is moving and can plan accordingly. Also they can advise in a timely fashion if it either works or not and make their own changes when appropriate. Sadly, we do not live in an ideal world :-( imb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk77pqUACgkQQv9rrgRC1JKChgCeOaZ4mlcZ8OzaHdeJGL8JF4B4 vooAnje3JgJLqecM1Q4SQ3F2GqP+Uhvj =hUhW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----