Re: Hurricane Electric ISP custom routing via BGP communities

[Jim Troutman <jamesltroutman () gmail com>]

It always amazes me how far many Internet engineers, peering coordinators
and other buyers will go to haggle every last nickel on the costs of
circuits, crowd connects, space and power. Of course, everyone wants a fair
deal and a fair price, myself included.  But all this infrastructure costs
real money to operate.

HE is nearly always the least cost transit provider in the markets they
serve.  I think that making a lower profit margin makes it difficult for
them to justify investing in the staff time and tooling for BGP communities
when the vast majority of their customers don’t care about it at all.

$200/month extra for BGP community support in the context of what the large
“tier 1s” are charging for transit seems reasonable to me.  If you need it,
you actually need it and should pay.  And based on my past experience, the
HE NOC response and personal attention will be superior to nearly anyone
else.

Also seems a better value for money than the absurd cross connect pricing
found almost everywhere, unless you meet in the street.

Jim Troutman,
jamesltroutman () gmail com
Pronouns: he/him/his
207-514-5676 (cell)


On Mon, Nov 4, 2024 at 08:18 Mehmet <mehmet () akcin net> wrote:

> There are a lot of great ISPs with full bgp communities support. Just use
> them.
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 4, 2024 at 08:02 Edvinas Kairys <edvinas.email () gmail com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Has anyone tried to use Hurricane Electric ISP custom routing via BGP
> > communities ?
> >
> > I thought that a provider with such a Tier would allow customers to
> > influence inbound (to customer) routing using additional BGP communities.
> > But seems they don't have free service for that, they're offering $200/mo
> > fee per session to make the custom communities work.  I'm shocked:)