Speaking from personal experience here, the $200/month extra I was quoted by an HE sales rep in the past was only for local-pref modification communities within their own network. It seems the *only* other action community they support is RTBH which doesn't at all compare with what other tier 1 providers support when it comes to being able to (at least partially) control where your traffic goes or doesn't go.
Kind regards, Peter On Mon, Nov 4, 2024 at 10:04 AM Jim Troutman <jamesltrout...@gmail.com> wrote: > It always amazes me how far many Internet engineers, peering coordinators > and other buyers will go to haggle every last nickel on the costs of > circuits, crowd connects, space and power. Of course, everyone wants a fair > deal and a fair price, myself included. But all this infrastructure costs > real money to operate. > > HE is nearly always the least cost transit provider in the markets they > serve. I think that making a lower profit margin makes it difficult for > them to justify investing in the staff time and tooling for BGP communities > when the vast majority of their customers don’t care about it at all. > > $200/month extra for BGP community support in the context of what the > large “tier 1s” are charging for transit seems reasonable to me. If you > need it, you actually need it and should pay. And based on my past > experience, the HE NOC response and personal attention will be superior to > nearly anyone else. > > Also seems a better value for money than the absurd cross connect pricing > found almost everywhere, unless you meet in the street. > > Jim Troutman, > jamesltrout...@gmail.com > Pronouns: he/him/his > 207-514-5676 (cell) > > > On Mon, Nov 4, 2024 at 08:18 Mehmet <meh...@akcin.net> wrote: > >> There are a lot of great ISPs with full bgp communities support. Just use >> them. >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 4, 2024 at 08:02 Edvinas Kairys <edvinas.em...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Has anyone tried to use Hurricane Electric ISP custom routing via BGP >>> communities ? >>> >>> I thought that a provider with such a Tier would allow customers to >>> influence inbound (to customer) routing using additional BGP communities. >>> But seems they don't have free service for that, they're offering $200/mo >>> fee per session to make the custom communities work. I'm shocked:) >>> >>
