Favorites (Re: UUNET peering policy)

Wed Jan 17 20:38:44 UTC 2001

According to what I've heard from Qwest folks, they honor MEDS. (Taken
with a grain of salt, it was part of a sales pitch).

On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 12:25:50PM -0800, Christian Nielsen wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Leo Bicknell wrote:
> 
> > user->server: 2->4->3
> > server->user: 3->1->2
> >
> > 	Consider what AboveNet does.  By honoring meds the following
> > paths occur (abovenet as net 2 in the picture):
> >
> > user->server: 2->4->3
> > server->user: 3->4->2
> 
> This assumes that the network you are peering with sends correct MEDs.
> This also assumes that one always honors MEDs. What happens during fiber
> cuts or when you are waiting for an upgrade on your circuits? Do you
> continue to honor MEDs and hurt the customer?
> 
> Honoring MEDs is not Black and White. I dont know one large network that
> honors all MEDs from every peer. For the most part, I would say that most
> providers do 'warm' routing. it just depends on what degree of warm you
> can live with.
> 
> Christian
> 
> 

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