RAS> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 15:35:28 -0500 RAS> From: Richard A Steenbergen RAS> On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 10:58:49AM -0800, Sean Finn wrote: RAS> RAS> > (Quiz for the list readers: RAS> > What percentage of the Internet routing table does RAS> > your network actually use?) Perhaps around 25% for a "moderate"-sized organizition, but as low as 5% is not unreasonable for regionals and locals. Discount spam from around the world, and I suspect the numbers drop even more. :-) RAS> I doubt you'll find anyone here who will stand up and admit RAS> to enjoying tweaking metrics and policies more often than RAS> once a month. The proble with interest from most of this A couple days a couple time a year of manual testing and tweaking for "most important" prefixes usually does the trick. Considering industry instability, one probably changes an upstream about as often as one would tune anyway. Considering the difficulty one often has finding a clued rep, one probably spends more time educating sales reps than tuning traffic. ;-) Eddy -- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita _________________________________________________________________ DO NOT send mail to the following addresses : blacklist@brics.com -or- alfra@intc.net -or- curbjmp@intc.net Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked.