> | I hear that people aren't passing prefixes longer than /20. Is this
> | true, and how broadly is this being implemented? If I wanted to advertise
> | my own IP space (say a /24) instead of space provided by my ISP, would many
> | ISP's not pass my route because of prefix length?
>
> I am sure that if there are any networks who are filtering you, be
> they ISPs or end-users, such that you can't reach something through
> them that you'd like to, a small payment will almost certainly cause
> an exception to be installed in whatever access list is being used
> to keep your long prefix from occupying a "slot" that could be occupied
> by a longer prefix or something otherwise statistically more likely
> to be interesting to their customers (or themselves) than your /24.
how well do you think this scales? if the isp(s) you are asking think of
it as what could be the first of a few thousand such requests, do you think
'small' payment might be a bit optimistic?
randy
