how is that really much different than "reachability"? If I look at my present Netflow results, it's actually a pretty amusing mix - lots of Netflix traffic (bear in mind we're a business ISP, not residential), Google (probably YouTube in there, I haven't dissected it thoroughly), Amazon, Yahoo, Microsoft/MSN, and that's all covered in the peering fabric connection. Outside of that, some private VPN-type traffic, I don't see a lot of government networks, just "normal" Internet browsing and email.
Since I'm not at the Data Center much, I don't interact with the other customers there. (It's 150 miles away) Due to non-disclosure, the Data Center gang aren't much going to share their customer contact info with me. But it's a nice thought, for sure. -e- >________________________________ > From: Michael Smith <mksm...@mac.com> >To: Eric Louie <elo...@yahoo.com> >Cc: nanog@nanog.org >Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 6:48 PM >Subject: Re: Evaluating Tier 1 Internet providers > > >You should also consider who exactly your customers (or you alone) want to >reach. Are you mostly looking to connect to eyeball networks? Enterprise >networks? Government networks? If you have some target networks you should >do some due diligence to find out how well connected your various options are >to the networks that mean the most to you. > >If possible, I would also recommend talking to other people that are in your >data centers, if that's possible. You might find out about hidden >vendor-specific gremlins in that location. > >Regards, > >Mike > > >On Aug 27, 2013, at 12:02 PM, Eric Louie <elo...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Based on various conversation threads on Nanog I've come up with a few >> criteria for evaluating Tier 1 providers. I'm open to add other criteria - >> what would you add to this list? And how would I get a quantitative or >> qualitative measure of it? >> >> >> >> routing stability >> >> BGP community offerings >> >> congestion issues >> >> BGP Peering relationships >> >> path diversity >> >> IPv6 table size >> >> >> >> Seems like everyone offers 5 9's service, 45 ms coast-to-coast, 24x7 >> customer support, 100/1Gbps/10Gbps with various DIR/CIR and burst rates. >> I'm shopping for new service and want to do better than choosing on >> reputation. (or, is reputation also a criteria?) >> >> >> >> much appreciated, >> >> Eric Louie >> >> >> > > > >
