thanks for all the responses! it was very helpful, and I hope you guys will keep me posted if anything drastic happens or to correct any inaccuracies. I know that bgp feeds often take a lot of man-hours to deal with incompetent customers, but hope that more nsps might consider waiving the fee for those who know what they are doing. ++cluefactor; disclaimer: often charging for bgp feeds is handled on a case by case basis and sometimes "no" only reflects an individual experience with the provider. e-mail addresses not cited because of spam concerns -h MCI no UUNET they didn't used to. maybe now they do? Sprint yes? BBN $1000 setup Genuity not anymore (at least they didn't charge me :) CERFnet no AT&T no Netcom $750 setup, $300/month SAVVIS no Priori no Verio NE no? CRL no DataXchange no iSTAR CAD$200 setup, CAD$50/month UUNET UK yes Internex $500/mo Best $500 setup (still true?) ENI yes, but often waived for big customers with clues IAGnet no