While we're on the topic of BGP community support, I'd be interested in the greater group's favorites, pros, and cons of what you want to see in a BGP community support table/system from a provider. Taking notes for a customer..
James W. Breeden Managing Partner [logo_transparent_background] Arenal Group: Arenal Consulting Group | Acilis Telecom | Pines Media PO Box 1063 | Smithville, TX 78957 Email: ja...@arenalgroup.co<mailto:ja...@arenalgroup.co> | office 512.360.0000 | cell 512.304.0745 | www.arenalgroup.co<http://www.arenalgroup.co/> ________________________________ From: NANOG <nanog-boun...@nanog.org> on behalf of Mike Hammett <na...@ics-il.net> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 8:12 AM Cc: NANOG list Subject: Cogent vs. HE ;-) WAS: Anyone using Cogent Ethernet If only they had decent BGP community support. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin List-Petersen" <mar...@airwire.ie> To: "Michael Crapse" <mich...@wi-fiber.io> Cc: "Mike Hammett" <na...@ics-il.net>, "NANOG list" <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2018 8:24:46 PM Subject: Re: Anyone using Cogent Ethernet On 23/01/18 02:12, Michael Crapse wrote: > Tier 1 just means they don't pay for ip transit themselves, only Peering. > Doesn't mean that it's good transit. > Best provider i've ever used is hurricane electric, actually a tier 2 > provider, but bigger/better than many tier 1s. I'd still categorise Hurricane a lot better than Cogent. Both quality and customer service wise. /M > On 22 January 2018 at 19:07, Martin List-Petersen <mar...@airwire.ie> wrote: > >> On 22/01/18 20:05, Mike Hammett wrote: >> >>> I much prefer using WDM transport as opposed to Ethernet\VPLS transport >>> due to it being significantly harder (I try not to say impossible) to >>> oversubscribe. That said, it isn't always available at a decent rate at a >>> given location. >>> >>> Cogent has a reputation (right or wrong) for running things a little hot. >>> >>> Have any of you used Cogent Ethernet\VPLS services? What are you >>> experiences? Offlist is fine if you don't want it public. >>> >> >> Never use them without a backup alternative. I've seen more outages, that >> one would want to ever see from a provider, that would like to be >> categorised as Tier1. >> >> Especially, when some of these are longer than expected, because there >> were no cold-spares in the country and the cold-spare needed missed the >> flight. >> >> /M >> -- >> Airwire Ltd. - Ag Nascadh Pobail an Iarthair >> http://www.airwire.ie >> Phone: 091-395 000 >> Registered Office: Moy, Kinvara, Co. Galway, 091-395 000 - Registered in >> Ireland No. 508961 >> > -- Airwire Ltd. - Ag Nascadh Pobail an Iarthair http://www.airwire.ie Phone: 091-395 000 Registered Office: Moy, Kinvara, Co. Galway, 091-395 000 - Registered in Ireland No. 508961
