[AusNOG] Optimising Telstra Inbound Traffic

[McDonald Richards]

Nearly every carrier will by default prefer customer (paid) ports over
settlement free peering ports. Why give away traffic when someone will pay
you for it?

Macca


On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 9:46 PM, Stephen Dendtler <
sdendtler-ausnog at rackcorp.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm having some problems getting Telstra inbound routes optimal -
> particularly for
> Perth-Originated Telstra/Bigpond traffic.  My scenario is this:
>     Telstra (Perth Originated) <-> Optus <-> Upstream ISP 1 (In Perth) <->
> My AS
>     Telstra (Perth Originated) <-> Upstream ISP 2 (In  Melbourne) <-> My AS
>
> Regardless of BGP path padding, Telstra always prefers to route their
> traffic via Upstream ISP 2 (hand-off in Melbourne).  I'd really like
> to be able to pick up Telstra Perth traffic in Perth as some of it is
> destined for services there rather than having it go Perth -> Melbourne
> -> Perth.  All other main ISPs I've checked are being picked up fine
> (Ignoring TPG)
>
> Does anyone know if there's a policy around Telstra preferring Paid-Transit
> over Peering (regardless of inter-state) and/or if there's another way to
> overcome things without resorting to buying transit from them in Perth or
> dedicating a prefix for Perth services (which is what we've been doing to
> date).
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>  - Stephen
>
>
>
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