[AusNOG] Attempting to understand DC internet connectivity

Mark Newton newton at atdot.dotat.org
Tue Apr 14 17:04:01 EST 2015


> On 14 Apr 2015, at 2:07 pm, Richard Thornton <richie.thornton at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Mark, I remember seeing that in the past and thinking it was dodgy that they were modifying/ignoring my prepends, looking at the best way to add resiliency at minimum cost.

It’s not dodgy, it’s in their own best interests to send traffic to you over links you pay them for, rather than over peering links that they have to pay someone else for.

A lot of (most? all?) transit providers do it, it’s no big deal.

  - mark


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