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Qwest BGP Local Preference
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Customer default = 100
Peer default     = 80
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Communities allowed from customers to alter
default local preference
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209:90 = Set Local Pref to 90
209:80 = Set Local Pref to 80
209:70 = Set Local Pref to 70

209:999 used for announcing routes greater
than /24 (will not be passed to peers)
May need to be arranged first

209:0 Blackhole community for null routing
May need to be arranged prior to using.

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Traffic Engineering communities allowed from
customers to alter advertisements to
selected peers.  Advertisements can be
suppressed or pre-pended.
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209:888 = Do not announce to peers

209:64520       All peers
209:64530   ATT                   7018
209:64540   Sprint                1239
209:64550   UUNet                  701
209:64560   Level 3               3356
209:64570   Savvis                3561
209:64580   Verio                 2914
209:64590   XO                    2828
209:64600   Global Crossing       3549
209:64610   AboveNet              6461
209:64630   France Telecom        5511
209:64640   ChinaNet              4134
209:64650   Teleglobe America     6453
209:64660   Cogent                 174
209:64670   SBC                   7132
209:64680   DACOM                 3786
209:64690   Telia                 1299
209:64700   Reach                 4637
209:64710   Reach Japan           9225
209:64720   Tiscali               3257
209:64730   PCCW                  3491
209:64740   Deutsche Telekom      3320
209:64750   Telefonica           12956
209:64760   Time Warner           4323
209:64770   China Netcom          4837
209:64780   PACNET               10026
209:64790   Reliance Globalcom   15412

-Note that above communities currently apply only
to North America peering sessions.

209:64xx0 do not announce to this peer
209:64xx1 prepend 209 once to this peer
209:64xx2 prepend 209 twice to this peer
209:64xx3 prepend 209 three times to this peer
209:64xx9 leak route to that peer. This is to be used in
conjunction with 209:888

Timezone Traffic Engineering

209:64990 do not announce to PST peers
209:64991 prepend once to PST peers
209:64992 prepend twice to PST peers
209:64993 prepend three times to PST peers

209:64980 do not announce to CST peers
209:64981 prepend once to CST peers
209:64982 prepend twice to CST peers
209:64983 prepend three times to CST peers

209:64970 do not announce to EST peers
209:64971 prepend once to EST peers
209:64972 prepend twice to EST peers
209:64973 prepend three times to EST peers
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Communities customers receive from Qwest
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209:209 = Qwest route/Qwest Customer
209:209 and 209:888 together = Customer learned route not
passed to peers
209:888 = Peer learned route

POP origin communities
North America 209:1[1-4]..0_
PST      209:11..0_
MST      209:12..0_
CST      209:13..0_
EST      209:14..0_

ASIA         209:2[2-5]..0_
Singapore 209:22..0_
Hong Kong 209:23..0_
Japan     209:24..0_
Sydney    209:25..0_

Europe   209:41..0_
London    209:41010
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For questions or requests please consult with our NOC at
1-877-886-6515.
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The above information was collected from whois.radb.net, using
object "AS-QWEST" on Feburary 1, 2012