LB> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 17:09:45 -0400 LB> From: Leo Bicknell LB> I'd like to ask a slightly different question. At the LB> providers who do support this feature, how many of your LB> customers actually use it? This is a bit like asking "how many of your customers use BGP?" LB> The last time I asked a couple of people this question in LB> private the answer was generally a number of customers that LB> could be counted on one hand, even at some quite large LB> providers. It seems most providers don't bother tuning routes unless there's congestion. i.e., proactive attempts to find lower-latency paths are rare. It also seems the people who use selective prepends really like them. I give stronger recommendations for providers who offer selective prepends... it appears people generally are oblivious to its existence, but become intrigued when they learn of it. 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:23:58 +0000 (GMT) From: A Trap <blacklist@brics.com> To: blacklist@brics.com Subject: Please ignore this portion of my mail signature. These last few lines are a trap for address-harvesting spambots. Do NOT send mail to <blacklist@brics.com>, or you are likely to be blocked.