On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com
wrote:
On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Mark Tinka <mark.tinka@seacom.mu> wrote:
On Thursday, April 03, 2014 03:55:11 PM Christopher Morrow wrote:
I'm going to guess: 1) who's going to pay for the filtering setup work?
Well, your customers are paying you to ensure they don't get cut off due to your negligence.
I think you mean they are paying me to carry their bits across the network... and they are paying me to do it with minimal hassle to THEM... telling me prefixes to add to their list is hassle.
I know this old saw and sales people will apply pressure to Ops if their customers balk at the extra overhead. The time is now to push back, hard, against that practice. I realize you know this, Chris but are trying to characterize the mindset.
The new strategy is not just shiny, it could actually save you loss of customers and community respect.
agreed.
But that's just me...
it's not just you
Yes, let's seize the bull by the horns. Tony