[41052] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: multi-homing fixed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Tue Aug 28 22:55:53 2001
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
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To: "David Hares" <dhares@networktwo.net>
Cc: "Larry Sheldon" <lsheldon@creighton.edu>, <nanog@merit.edu>
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Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 10:55:10 +0800
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> The real problem with most basement multi-homers is they go with the
> cheapest local service they can get, often from someone clueless with one
> POP / one path. To fix this, they add another cheap, local, clueless
> service and pray they don't get clueless at the same time. Then they
> inflict bad judgement on the rest of the Internet by demanding their routes
> be distributed. Bad plan.
what is interestingly bad about this plan is that it attempts to save the
basement-dweller money at the expense of everyone else. and that's the
point of the filtering story.
randy
