Well, it didn't say "router hops"... They could mean "AS hops" I guess. I never trust marketing garbage anyway. It makes my head hurt.
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 4:48 PM, bas <kilo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Recently I was contacted by an Internap sales person. > The third line of the email read: > > "As you know well, BGP makes all routing decisions simply based on HOP COUNT" > > I blinked my eyes a couple of times.. Yes it really said hop count. > Then I replied to the guy that if he tries to sell a technical product > to technical people he should get his info straight. > > But he replied BGP actually makes decisions based on hop count. > He even sent an URL from the internap website that states this > http://www.internap.com/it-iq/route-optimization-miro/ > > On that page there is also this gem: > "BGP relies on the premise that hops are responsible for packet loss > and congestion, and therefore a route with fewer hops is inherently > better. " > > > I can imagine blatant misinformation like this from a shady startup > trying to trick some sales with smoke and mirrors, but from Internap? > > > -- Bas > >
