On Mar 13, 2012, at 8:57 PM, Christopher Morrow wrote: > On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 11:20 PM, Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> wrote: >>> >>> C) 5 ips STATICALLY ROUTED AS /32's!! (WTF??) for 25$ above the >>> option-B above/month. >>> >> And people wonder why Verizon is the first to whine about routing table >> growth from deaggregation? ;-) >> > > eh, these end up (I think) aggregated on the edge router, so you get 5 > /32's from a /23 (or the like) routed to the edge layer3 device. not > as bloaty for the rest of their network as it at first seems. > >> In all seriousness, though, I don't think they are routed as /32s. I think >> that's one for the Verizon CPE, >> 5 for your devices all routed as a single /29. >> > > owen, seen the config on a live router, yes they are routed as /32's > to the VC you are connected to. I probably have the config for my old > link in IM/email somewhere. apparently their automation either doesn't > understand CIDR, or it was 'too expensive' to make the automation do > CIDR once they started to offer extra ips to the business customers. > > -chris
Interesting. I guess to each their own. Many other providers I know are selling "5 IP" packages done the other way. Owen
