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Re: Fundamental questions of backbone design


From: Dan Rohan <drohan () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:25:33 -0700


On Oct 18, 2013, at 1:15 PM, Grzegorz Janoszka <Grzegorz () Janoszka pl> wrote:

You may always prefer peering routes local to the PoP (giving them the highest localpref). This way you will not 
carry so much traffic on your backbone.

Just imagine what paths would look like if everyone followed that advice. Yuck. I'd say that approach makes sense for 
cash and bandwidth strapped providers, but its not necessarily looking out for the best interests of your customers. 




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