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Re: net neutrality and peering wars continue


From: Jeff Kell <jeff-kell () utc edu>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 22:55:58 -0400

On 6/20/2013 10:26 PM, Jared Mauch wrote:
Many things aren't as obvious as you state above.  Take for example routing table growth.  There's going to be a big 
boom in selling routers (or turning off full routes) when folks devices melt at 512k routes in the coming years. 

Indeed.  We're running PFC3CXL's and had already reallocated FIB TCAM to
768K IPv4s in anticipation.  We also had maximum-prefix 500000 with a
warning at 90%, and today it triggered (or at least first time I noticed
it)...  we ran > 450K prefixes from 3 providers about 1:30 EDT today and
got the warnings.

The end is near :)  If you haven't made provisions, please do so now :)

Jeff



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