Re: [nznog] Spark/Vodafone peering

On 12/12/17 10:06, Pete Mundy wrote:

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On 30/11/2017, at 11:15 PM, Nathan Ward > mailto:nznog(a)daork.net> wrote: >> >>> I maybe missing on some last century/decade history, but what's >>> the current story with Spark/Vodafone public peering in Australia >>> but not in New Zealand? With <somebody> has stopped paid(?) >>> peering with these guys recently, is it a today's case that rest >>> of the country talks to Spark (government owned?)/Vodafone via >>> 50ms Sydney path and everybody is happy with it? >> >> If you’d like some operational feedback, give some examples of >> where you’re seeing this. Source/dest/traceroutes/etc. etc. are all >> useful. > > Here's an example of what I'm thinking is maybe sub-optimal > peering/routing, albeit at least in-country... > > My example traffic is sourced from a VF UFB static IP and heading to > 2talk, but appears to be crossing the Spark network?! > > With all the industry consolidation these days it's hard to keep up. > Is this expected behaviour these days, or something I should > escalate? > > And presumably, if I escalate, it should be to 2talk not VF because > the reverse direction seems to be OK? > No, the opposite. 2talk to you is the route that is working optimally, VF is the party sending to odd places along the way despite apparently having a peering at ALK-IX with 2talk.

AYJ