[155352] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: BGPttH. Neustar can do it, why can't we?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Herrin)
Mon Aug 6 10:32:25 2012
In-Reply-To: <20120806142124.GA56428@ussenterprise.ufp.org>
From: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 10:31:11 -0400
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org> wrote:
> Which leads to an interesting question. If on top of your $100/month
> "business class Internet" the provider were to charge $50/month for
> "BGP Access" to cover their costs of having a human configure the
> session, larger access gear to handle the routes, and larger backbone
> gear to deal with a larger routing table, would you still be as
> gung ho about BGP to the business?
Speaking for myself, yes, I'd pay the extra $50 and be glad. If it was
$500... well, I don't have that level of need for my basement. But I
have two clients who would gladly add $500 on top of a business fios
to get BGP.
Regards,
Bill Herrin
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