On Thu, 6 Oct 2005, tony sarendal wrote:
On 06/10/05, Patrick W. Gilmore <patrick@ianai.net> wrote:
On Oct 6, 2005, at 10:19 AM, tony sarendal wrote:
This is not the first and certainly not the last time we see this kind of event happen. Purchasing a single-homed service from a Tier-1 provider will guarantee that you are affected by this every time it happens.
s/every time it happens/every time it happens to YOUR upstream
People on Sprint, AT&T, GLBX, MCI, etc. were unaffected. Only people who single-home to L3 or Cogent have disconnectivity.
Now, is being a tier-1 now a good or bad sales argument when selling internet access ?
It's still a good argument, because Marketing != Reality. :)
Patrick, it happens to every PA customer who buys his service from one of the Tier-1 providers active in the de-peering.
If a PA customer buys his service from a non-tier1 this will most likely not happen, unless that provider has bought transit in a very unwise way.
The entire point is that it's not always good to be too close to tier-1 space.
See my other post tho, connectivity disputes and problems can arise between any networks, being tier-1 isnt special.. anyone can choose not to give access or send routes to any other network. Steve