[rrg] Renumbering can never be secure, testable, reliable or routine - draft-carpenter-renum-needs-work

[William Herrin]

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 11:48 AM, David Meyer <dmm at 1-4-5.net> wrote:
>> BGP is unacceptable because it costs "the world" about $8000/yr for
>> every announced BGP prefix. If there was a way that "the world" could
>> recover that $8000 from each of the folks announcing a prefix, our
>> problem space would shrink considerably.
>
>        I'm curious as to where the $8000/yr number came from. Can
>        you explain? Also, how is the "world" defined in this case?

Hi David,

See http://bill.herrin.us/network/bgpcost.html

Regards,
Bill Herrin

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