[165278] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Evaluating Tier 1 Internet providers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Justin M. Streiner)
Tue Aug 27 23:09:03 2013
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 19:16:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Justin M. Streiner" <streiner@cluebyfour.org>
To: Ben Hatton <bhatton@htva.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAD7y1TNgh_OWmUgy2zUDZmOLENJnb9Uz4J5Ei7voit0c69dJwQ@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Tue, 27 Aug 2013, Ben Hatton wrote:
>> - time taken to turn around BGP import filter changes
>
> So much This... You don't realize how important this is until your
> nationwide provider takes 8 WEEKS to add one network to your (already set
> up and working for 20 other networks) peering. Then decides to charge you
> a fee for the change.
I think after a week I would be tearing my account rep a new one, and then
threatening to dump them as soon as the contract was up...
8 weeks? There is absolutely no excuse I would buy for that, though I
might give style points if someone told me the dog ate the ticket or
something...
jms
