[AusNOG] Optimising Telstra Inbound Traffic

[Stephen Dendtler]

Thanks guys.  Yes, I've tried pre-pending Melbourne (both at my AS and
provider padding) at various levels and have confirmed the prepends went
through via BGP views but so long as the announcement is from Melbourne
(or Sydney for that matter) via the Telstra-connected upstream, it'll be
used.

Just thought maybe because it was inter-state that maybe the large ISPs
would have some special agreements....but yes, I appreciate that may
have been wishful thinking :)


On Thu, 2014-12-18 at 21:49 -0800, McDonald Richards wrote:
> 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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