Is multihoming hard? [was: DNS amplification]

Wed Mar 20 14:55:31 UTC 2013

On 3/20/13 6:25 AM, Owen DeLong wrote:
>> I don't know a single ISP that wants to throttle growth by not accepting additional customers, BGP speaking or not. (I do know several that want to throttle growth through not upgrading their links because they have a captive audience they are trying to ransom. But that is neither relevant to this discussion, not controversial - unless you are paid by one of those ISPs….)
> 
> Comcast
> Verizon
> AT&T
> Time Warner Cable
> Cox
> CenturyLink
> 
> to name a few.
> 
> Not one of them will run BGP with a residential subscriber.
> 

Based on the average clue of your average residential subscriber (anyone
here need not apply) I'd say that's a good thing.

~Seth