At 11:15 AM 11/1/96 -0800, Eric Ziegast wrote:
Finanical compensation for bgp dampening policies.
Deep pockets = very little flap penalty Shallow pockets = very heavy flap penalty
The main risk (IMHO) when accepting a new peer is how stable the peer is. Without confidence in the design of the peer's network or trust in its engineers to prevent/solve problems, connecting to a new peer with a significant number of routes can be scary. A peer's having deep pockets usually implies that there's more to lose if they mess up and that they _might_ want to hire good engineers and pre-plan their network, but whether they actually do is another story. :^(
Well, now that the ra statistics page has information on this sort of thing couldn't that be used as a tool for determining if provider X is doing a good job of keeping their external announcements stable. This is only possible if the person in question has been perring with /someone/ for a reasonable period of time. Justin Newton Network Architect Erol's Internet Services