>> >> Ok, I would propose something like: > > "full time connection to two or more providers" should be satisfied when the > network involved has (or has contracted for and will have) two or more > connections that are diverse from each other at ANY point in their path > between the end network location or locations and the far end BGP peers, > whether or not the two or more connections are exposed to one or more common > points of failure, as long as their are any failure modes for which one > connection can provide protection against that failure mode somewhere in the > other connection. > > Whew :) > > I am sure someone can say it better! > > -Dorn
FWIW, two GRE tunnels over the same physical tail circuit to different providers on the other side would satisfy that condition. Frankly, I don't believe that your expanded definition changes anything from the current state of affairs. Owen