[afnog] local pref issue with HE

[Mark Tinka]

On 23/Dec/15 20:45, Robert McKay wrote:
 
>
> Really the only way to balance traffic is to have exactly the same
> upstream ISPs as transits at every location.. otherwise if you have
> different upstream ISPs at different locations, those ISPs (and their
> customers) will only send you traffic at the location where you are
> connected to them - even if there is a much closer path via a competitor.

We have not found this to be entirely true.

Provided the transit providers you are buying from are of equal global
size, they can be different and still let you achieve balanced traffic
across each of them, when taken from different locations.

Mark.