> -----Original Message----- > From: ML > Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 1:44 PM > To: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Surcharge for providing Internet routes? > > Has anyone here heard of or do they themselves charge extra for > providing a complete internet table to customers? > > Waive the surcharge for sufficiently large commits? >
I had one provider once that wanted to charge me a surcharge simply for the privilege of running BGP. The had "bgp charge" on their list of things. Well, we were dual-homed to them and I asked how in the world they expected to fail traffic over if we *didn't* run bgb. They should be requiring I run bgp, not charging extra for it if they intend to meet their own SLA. Static routing to a dead link is a surefire SLA killer. The sales rep got a little red. As for a full table, no, I have not paid extra for it.
