Inter-provider communications (Re: nobody @home)

Sun Jan 21 03:52:46 UTC 2001

On 20 Jan 2001, Sean Donelan wrote:
> 10 providers thought it was a good idea, but the two largest providers
> never responded to any inquiries.

It's infuriating that the xenophobia and paranoia of the tier1s is such a
roadblock to keeping networks running smoothly. Try to contact them when
one of their colo's is flooding the net with attacks and the usual
response is something along the lines of a hermit crab retreating into its
shell.

The only thing harder than getting a tier1 to turn off their smurf amps is
getting the US military to turn off their smurf amps. Public tax dollars
being used to ddos the private sector. Mmmmmm gives you such a warm fuzzy
feeling...

It'd be nice to start a standard facility for noc communication.

Even better if active membership would become important enough to be a
major factor for circuit purchasing...

Sigh, one can dream...

-Dan