[OCCAID] Heads up: Raising local-pref for all academic routes

[James Jun]

This is a heads-up note that we will begin using the previously designated
Academic & Research network T-code of number 3 in our announced BGP
communities and routing policies.  The routes listed below will be
recognized under the community regex of "30071:5...3" and will have
local-preference value higher than commercial peering routes, so that
academic traffic is sent directly to research networks instead of through
commercial internet.

The new routing policy change will be effective for both IPv4 and IPv6
portions of AS30071 network. We're hoping this will balance our routing
toward research networks nationally instead of always routing through the
west-coast as it is currently.

More information about 30071 bgp communities is at
http://www.occaid.org/routingpolicy.php



Routes           Description        Connecting Z-point
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^3557_11537_     ISC->Abilene       700:San Francisco
^111$            Boston University  701:Boston
^1916_           RNP                703:Miami
^2381_           WiscNet            705:Chicago
^3549_11537_     GBLX[CHI]->Abilene 705:Chicago
^10886_          MAX GigaPOP        706:Ashburn
^10886_11537_    MAX->Abilene       706:Ashburn
^10490_          SoX                707:Atlanta
^278$            Univ. Mexico       710:Los Angeles
^8473_1653$      Bahnhof->SUNET     800:Stockholm
^3356_20965_     Level3->GEANT      801:London

We're working to turn up more direct interconnections with R&E networks and
GigaPOP's, so expect the above list to grow longer soon.


james