[37805] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Query: What policies do backbone providers use to determine IP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard A. Steenbergen)
Thu May 24 14:08:27 2001
Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 13:32:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Richard A. Steenbergen" <ras@e-gerbil.net>
To: Deepak Jain <deepak@ai.net>
Cc: jlewis@lewis.org, nanog@merit.edu
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On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 03:16:17AM -0400, Deepak Jain wrote:
>
> I have seen dueling routes more often than I'd like to recall.
>
> No one wants to use space that isn't 100% routable. Assuming A has any
> peers, some traffic will go there and dead-end. Any customer in the
> block will be unhappy. B will eventually give up. A would be foolish
> to assign customers in the block until B has given up.
>
> If A is a much better connected network than B (since B is acting like
> an ass) the process is much more definitive.
When in doubt, A's lawyers contacting B usually helps them convince C to
stop it.
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