[46865] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: genuity - any good?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jesper Skriver)
Sat Apr 13 13:51:34 2002
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 19:51:02 +0200
From: Jesper Skriver <jesper@skriver.dk>
To: "Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve@opaltelecom.co.uk>
Cc: Kris Foster <Kris.Foster@telus.com>, nanog@merit.edu
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0204121651380.26050-100000@staff.opaltelecom.net>; from steve@opaltelecom.co.uk on Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 04:53:38PM +0100
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On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 04:53:38PM +0100, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote:
> Genuity - first class provider, I would recommend them
>
> What transit provider doesnt use prefixes? Do you think they're mad
> enough to accept anything you send them?
>
> And yes, they update the filter within minutes of you confirming the
> request with them .. I have suggested they could build the filters
> from RR but a quick email isnt the end of the world i guess..
It's a PITA when you sell transit your selv, and build your own filters
based on the IRR's.
We have been a happy Genuity customer for years, but are seriously
considering cancelling our connection to them, as it's too much work to
manually get the prefix lists updated.
/Jesper
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