Re: UUNET settlement - A call to arms?

[Karl Mueller <karl () best net>]

> On Fri, 2 May 1997, Bownes, Robert M. (EXCH) wrote:
> > What I would like to do is to connect to, for example, Sprint *just to
> > get to folks who 
> > buy from Sprint*, not to transit through them to get to a NAP someplace.
>
> You can already do this.
>
> Simply buy a T1 from Sprint and filter out all of the non Sprint routes. 
> Where you might have normally purchased 10 Mbps transit service, you can
> now use just a T1 with the appropriate filters.  It will become a pain to
> load balance and capacity plan all of those little pipes (increased
> expense and complexity), but hey, if you don't want to or can't use an
> exchange point this is an alternative.

I believe Sprint offers a BGP option to give only routes from Sprint 
transit customers.  Or at least, they used to.  You do pay the 
full rates, of course.

Karl

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Karl Mueller                    karl () best net
Sr. Network Engineer            Best Internet Communications, Inc.
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