In message <002201cbef24$c1b61d70$45225850$@com>, you wrote:
I don't believe any one monitors this system and I would imagine if no one complains about this company advertising hijacked routes to level 3 then it would be quite easy to advertise a network that has been abandon(sic).
At this point, I do believe that you are stating the obvious. Whether it is wise, or otherwise, to leave one's company's route announcements entirely on autopilot is, I think, a remaining question. The evidence would seem to suggest not. But then again, as I think we all know, there is a non-zero costs associated with doing anything well, professionally, or (as the laywers like to say) in a "workman-like manner", and these costs are often seen as being at odds with the corporate bottom line. Personally, I just hope that Level3 accrues a sufficient quantity of bad PR from what they have done here so that they will lose a client or two, and that this in turn might have some salutary effect upon the corporate calculus. Regards, rfg