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On Mar 20, 2013, at 9:55 AM, Seth Mattinen <se...@rollernet.us> wrote: > On 3/20/13 6:25 AM, Owen DeLong wrote: >>> I don't know a single ISP that wants to throttle growth by not accepting >>> additional customers, BGP speaking or not. (I do know several that want to >>> throttle growth through not upgrading their links because they have a >>> captive audience they are trying to ransom. But that is neither relevant to >>> this discussion, not controversial - unless you are paid by one of those >>> ISPs….) >> >> Comcast >> Verizon >> AT&T >> Time Warner Cable >> Cox >> CenturyLink >> >> to name a few. >> >> Not one of them will run BGP with a residential subscriber. >> > > Based on the average clue of your average residential subscriber (anyone > here need not apply) I'd say that's a good thing. > > ~Seth Why? If BGP were plug-and-play automated with settings specified by the provider, what would the user's clue level have to do with it? Owen
