content owners vs. ISPs

[jmalcolm at uraeus.com]

madmullah writes:
>	On that note, what's the most inexpensive way of becoming trully multi
>homed, 
>and how much of a pain is it to set up BGP ? What are the requirements
>for getting an ASN number ?  Can a smaller ISP pull this off ?  This is
>a serious question, I can't find a whole lot of information on this.

The main issue is not getting an AS number, or setting up BGP, but
whether your routing advertisement will be accepted by the rest of the
world. Most small ISPs cannot justify a large block of addresses,
which renders it less likely that the rest of the world will accept
the advertisement.