IMHO the only reason(s) would be to discourage people from asking for it, or as a $$ grab.
-jim On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Anurag Bhatia <m...@anuragbhatia.com> wrote: > Hello everyone > > > I have been aggressively looking for deals in servers in Europe for > anycasting. One thing which surprises me is the "setup costs" for BGP. Few > providers quoted additional $50-100 which looks OK but a few of them quoted > as high as $150 *extra every month* just for having BGP (no full routing > table, but just default route pointing). Is there's any technical logic > behind such heavy costs? I mean at the end of day we are all talking at > layer 3 and thus it does not involves any hard connection/physical work. > What other members pay for BGP setup costs? > > > > Thanks! > > -- > > Anurag Bhatia > anuragbhatia.com > or simply - http://[2001:470:26:78f::5] if you are on IPv6 connected > network! > > Linkedin <http://in.linkedin.com/in/anuragbhatia21> | > Twitter<https://twitter.com/anurag_bhatia>| > Google+ <https://plus.google.com/118280168625121532854>
