Is it normal for your provider to withhold BGP peering info until the night of the cut?

Sean Donelan sean at donelan.com
Thu Jan 21 21:31:19 UTC 2016


On Thu, 21 Jan 2016, c b wrote:
> Is this a common SOP nowadays? Anyone care to explain why they wouldn't just provide it ahead of time?

Carrier saves costs by not having a clue, and has no idea which router
will have an open port until they try to plug you in.

Hope its not a long contract, because customer service never gets better 
... only worse.





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