We have transit through Peer1 and Telia, both accept communities. I wouldn't consider buying from someone who didn't.
Jeff On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Andy B. <globic...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Quick question: Would you buy transit from someone who does not > support BGP communities? > > Here is the story: > > My company is pushing several GBit/s through various upstream > providers. We have reached the point where we rely on BGP communitiy > support, especially communities that can be sent to the upstream to > change the way he announces our prefixes to his peers/transits. > > While most decent upstream providers support this kind of traffic > engineering, one of them refuses to send and accept BGP communities. I > tried to contact my upstream several times through different channels > to get some background as to why they would not be able to provide us > this service, but all we get is tickets that get closed without an > answer. Management itself does not seem to bother either. > > Is this normal or is it too much to ask for BGP communities from an > upstream who has points of presence in the US, Europe and Asia? > > > Andy > > -- Jeffrey Lyon, Leadership Team jeffrey.l...@blacklotus.net | http://www.blacklotus.net Black Lotus Communications of The IRC Company, Inc. Platinum sponsor of HostingCon 2010. Come to Austin, TX on July 19 - 21 to find out how to "protect your booty."
