I got this from one of our downstream customers.

Is there any truth to this ?

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Okay, here's what you can do...Have your ISP contact Sprint and complain that they don't have connectivity to CRL network Services. CRL has T3s at several places that Sprint is at, but Sprint won't peer with them (Sprint has some stupid new requirements, apparantly, requiring peering at 3 NAPs.) No problem - all of CRLs are on 7507s :-)

Anyway, CRL is at 2 NAPs - Washington DC and PacBell. Sprint's just being stubborn. ...anyway, have them complain to Sprint. The contact person at CRL is Eric Mehlhaff (415) 837 5300, he's the cheif network engineer.

Sprint should take CRL up on CRL's offer :-). CRL has been telling me for months CRL can't peer at the Washington DC MAE-East because all of CRL's BGP peer slots at Mae-East are on "allocation." And therefore CRL doesn't have room for any more peers in DC. mae-east> show cdp neigh detail [...] Device ID: gwdca1.crl.com Entry address(es): IP address: 192.41.177.104 Platform: cisco 2500, Capabilities: Router Trans-Bridge Interface: Fddi0/0, Port ID (outgoing port): Ethernet1 Holdtime : 166 sec Version : Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software IOS (tm) 3000 Software (IGS-I-L), Version 11.0(2), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1986-1995 by cisco Systems, Inc. Compiled Mon 25-Sep-95 18:34 by deannaw In the meantime just dump the Sprintlink traffic through Sprint's T1 line at the CIX, and let Sprint backhaul it to the other coast. Its a great sales opportunity when Sprint customers call ask why performance is so bad. Our network engineers may not like Sean Doran, but our sales people sure do. We've had several Sprint customers buy direct circuits to our network because Sprint's peering policies caused their traffic to travel the long way (and sometimes get lost along the way). As long as Sprint keeps refusing, you get to look like the helpfull company trying to meet the customer's needs. -- Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO Affiliation given for identification not representation