I just looked at the stats again we are actually at about 82%.
Erich Kaiser The Fusion Network er...@gotfusion.net On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 11:18 AM Kaiser, Erich <er...@gotfusion.net> wrote: > We are seeing about 79% currently that is with one of our new Akamai PNIs > in CHI and we peer at most major IXs across the US. > > Top 5 peers Netflix, Google, Akamai, Amazon and EdgeCast. (In order) > > > Erich Kaiser > The Fusion Network > er...@gotfusion.net > > > > On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 10:11 AM Mike Hammett <na...@ics-il.net> wrote: > >> "you are not going to be able to peer 85% of the traffic" >> >> It depends. If you are an eyeball ISP and you join one of the major IXes, >> you'll be near 85%. >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> >> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> >> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> >> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> >> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> >> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> >> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> >> ------------------------------ >> *From: *"Baldur Norddahl" <baldur.nordd...@gmail.com> >> *To: *nanog@nanog.org >> *Sent: *Sunday, February 16, 2020 10:08:12 AM >> *Subject: *Re: Dual Homed BGP >> >> >> >> On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 12:45 PM Mark Tinka <mark.ti...@seacom.mu> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On 25/Jan/20 02:49, Baldur Norddahl wrote: >>> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > The solution is to stay clear of tier 1 networks. Find a good local >>> > tier 3. Whatever you are going to do, they will do better. >>> >>> So all our transit comes from the top 7 "global" carriers. Yes, >>> including Cogent :-). >>> >>> But that only accounts for about 15% of our overall traffic. The rest >>> comes from peering. >>> >>> Mark. >>> >>> >> From the perspective of someone just starting out being dual homed, this >> will be very different. You are not going to get 7 transits and you are not >> going to be able to peer 85% of the traffic. That is why I advocate that it >> is better to buy transit from a middle tier company. Instead of getting a >> connection to just one so called global carrier, you get a package deal >> with connection to all of them and 85% peering one step removed. Plus many >> of the companies that the middle tier has a peering with, is something the >> tier 1 companies would refuse to peer (exception Hurricane Electric). >> >> Also while your company may not need dual connections to each transit, >> the situation is completely different from the perspective of a small dual >> homed customer of yours. That is a lot of paths that are lost if this >> customer where to experience a disruption to the connection to your network. >> >> This is especially true if there is an unbalance between the two chosen >> transit providers. Say the other provider is Cogent, which are famous for >> refusing to peer. That means that all those peers, unless they have a >> Cogent contract, they will need to find an indirect path to replace your >> peering. >> >> Of course I may also recommend to simply set your expectations modestly. >> Dual homing will get you redundancy but unless you line up all your ducks >> correctly, you should expect some brownouts in the case of a link failure. >> Simply tell the boss, that unless he wants to pay at least double in every >> way, there will be expected downtime in the order of 5 minuttes in the case >> of a link failure. >> >> Regards, >> >> Baldur >> >> >> >>