Depending on peer traffic, it may make more sense to co-locate a switch at a DC and then bring in some PNIs from your top usage peers.  Check your peer usage using something like AS-Stats.  

Your top usage peers are going to be your most costly expense in the end...


Erich Kaiser
The Fusion Network
Office: 815-570-3101





On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 9:19 AM Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net> wrote:


> On Oct 13, 2020, at 7:29 PM, Aaron Gould <aaron1@gvtc.com> wrote:
>
> Do y’all like HE for Internet uplink?  I’m thinking about using them for 100gig in Texas.  It would be for my eyeballs ISP.  We currently have Spectrum, Telia and Cogent.

No.  Too many problems with scenic routing due to lack of BGP communities to control route advertisements.

Also the usual lack of full table issue due to route suppression on their transits based on AFI.

I’m sure it works well for many people, but if you are large enough you need to do any form of TE the lack of BGP communities is a major issue.

- Jared