On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Carlos Kamtha <kam...@ak-labs.net> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 10:01:30AM -0800, Bill Woodcock wrote: >> >> On Nov 27, 2013, at 9:56 AM, Carlos Kamtha <kam...@ak-labs.net> wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > We have an anycast provider (internap) that cannot give us direct service >> > in the AU region. >> > >> > I'm wondering if there are providers, not specifically internap, that >> > will allow another local ISP to >> > 'transit' anycast IP services thier behalf? >> >> Why not just originate the services from a prefix (or multiple prefixes) of >> your own? Then you can pick and choose who you use where. You still have >> to be careful that people don't "helpfully" backhaul stuff to places you >> don't want, but at least the policy lever is in your hands. > > Not an option atm. we do not have control over layer 3 and we do not > currently own a CIDR block and, our BGP sessions are done with reserved 655xx > ASN to our provider.
isn't that sort of fixable with a simple request to your local RIR? > >> >> Short answer is yes, we do this for people all the time, and I'm sure many >> of the other large anycast providers do as well. >> >> Renesys could probably tell you which ones, specifically. > > Noted. thanks! > >> >> -Bill >> >> >> >> > > >
