internet - sparkle

Wed May 16 21:45:00 UTC 2018

Agree with this 💯 
Traffic engineering is non existent making it a pain to move your traffic besides not advertising the prefix to them

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> On May 16, 2018, at 12:33 PM, Ca By <cb.list6 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 9:14 AM Michael Crapse <michael at wi-fiber.io> wrote:
>> 
>> Additionally, whilst not "technically" a tier 1 provider, Hurricane
>> electric should be high on that list. Especially as one of the best
>> providers of and proponents for IPv6. We'll see into the future, HE may
>> have one of the most critical infrastructures, and should be a "part-owner"
>> of the internet.
>> 
> 
> Fully disagree.
> 
> 1). HE cant reach cogent on v6. Forget whos fault it is, it is a liability
> for anyone that relies on HE
> 
> 2). They dont support common bgp communities like no-export, so trying to
> do TE is a mess.
> 
> 3). They are at the center of nearly every bgp hijacking fiasco because
> they dont have reasonable route controls.
> 
> HE is a liability to us all until they fix their bgp filters
> 
> https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2018/04/amazons-route-53-bgp-hijack/
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>> On Wed, May 16, 2018, 8:08 AM Eric Dugas <edugas at unknowndevice.ca> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Replace Level3 with CenturyLink as they're basically taking over AS33566.
>>> Would add Zayo (AS6461) to the list.
>>> 
>>> I'm not familiar with Sparkle/Seabone to be honest as we're operating an
>>> eyeball network exclusively in the NA.
>>>> On May 16 2018, at 10:54 am, Aaron Gould <aaron1 at gvtc.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> http://icaruswept.com/2016/06/28/who-owns-the-internet/
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> .written in 12/2015 - do y'all think this is accurate, and, in 2018, is
>>> it
>>>> still accurate ? (asking since my next question is related to Sparkle,
>>> since
>>>> they are listed in that previous article as a significant Internet
>>> presence)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Also, please tell me your feelings/experiences of Sparkle as an
>> Internet
>>>> uplink provider. like for 10/100 gig.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> My coworker just got back from ITW/Chicago and he is considering
>> Sparkle
>>> as
>>>> an additional Internet provider for the ISP I work for in San Antonio,
>>> TX .
>>>> we would need to uplink to Sparkle in the central Texas area somehow.
>> He
>>>> mentioned that Sparkle may be in McAllen / Dallas and could possibly,
>> in
>>> the
>>>> future be in Austin or San Antonio
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> - Aaron
>>> 
>>