[c-nsp] Internap Flow Control Platform?

[andrew2 at one.net]

neal rauhauser wrote:
>    I imagine some of you are using the Internap FCP product. How do
> you find it? I've just spoken with their sales and technical staff -
> got a customer evaluating it - I wanted to hear real world stories.
> My guys have a couple of routers, a couple of upstreams, and they're
> about to add a couple of peers ... not a very big network ... but we
> have one upstream that is very naughty, so if this stuff works it
> would be a huge relief.


We just (earlier this week) turned our FCP live instead of just watch mode.
Thus far it seems to be working well.  We haven't had any upstreams do
anything naughty yet so I can't speak to that, but it is doing a fine job of
tuning prefixes for the best path (least packet-loss, lowest latency) as
well as manipulating flows to optimize upstream usage for cost savings.
We're pleased so far, but it's only been a few days. :-)  I'm sure others
with more long-term experience will chime in as well.

Andrew