remember the "diameter of the internet"?

Tue Jun 18 19:10:25 UTC 2002

"Broke-ass"  is that a new technical term?

I like it:)

On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Richard A 
Steenbergen wrote:

> 
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 06:39:45PM +0000, E.B. Dreger wrote:
> > 
> > That's what happened here.  Rather than transitting the traffic
> > via a "last resort" across town/state, the higher local-pref of a
> > "local" peer won.
> > 
> > Geography requirements for peers aren't inherently bad.  There's
> > a point where things get extreme, but it would be nice to see
> > nationals peer in the south as well.  If one has peering
> > requirements, at least set them to reach a positive goal...
> 
> BGP twiddling cannot fix a broke-ass network design.
> 
> 