Then one must ask, why are so many people finding it necessary to become multi-homed? A lot of it is kind of a vicious wheel. Because "NSP A" had routeing problems "customer X" had to backup their link to "NSP B". I personally think most of its down to a lack of education to the customers.

Will people please stop asking this question, it seems to put a jinx on the net. Everytime it gets asked, some major provider kills their network for a day, giving the answer to the question. -- Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO Affiliation given for identification not representation