18 May
2021
18 May
'21
1:58 p.m.
Jim,
You should check out Vultr.com. They do have a DC in Toronto, but I would bet that Chicago
or Seattle would perform better to prairie Canada. There really is no border between .US
and .CA from an Internet perspective. Seattle is only 5 ms from Vancouver Canada for
example. Best thing is, it is really cheap to just fire up a machine there and check it
out yourself.
For IRLP VPN, we splurged and went with the $6/mo higher performance VPS. Regardless of
your choice Vultr always provides 10 Gbps interfaces. Typical local speedtest is 3,000 to
7,000 Mbps (although now speedtest-cli now seems to be broken in Debian).
One of the nice things they provide, is a totally automated BGP setup. After you get the
LOA set up with Chris G1FEF, it only takes a few hours for your allocation to start
working. Plus if you have more space than /24, you can bring other ranges up from
different data centers by just configuring bird correctly /etc/bird/bird.conf.
Documentation is on their site. IRLP now has a /20, portions of which are running from
Chicago and Sydney. We are thinking about adding something in Dallas and Seattle. But no
idea when, or really if.
—
Dave K9DC
On May 17, 2021, at 17:33, Jim MacKenzie via 44Net
<44net(a)mailman.ampr.org> wrote:
I have a 44net/AMPRnet allocation that had the appropriate paperwork done
with Brian Kantor before he passed. This subnet has been delegated to me
for a few years and I am using a VPS provider to advertise it via BGP so
that it is accessible on the public Internet.
My provider is selling to another company that is unlikely to continue this
arrangement. Also, it seems my five-year contract has expired so it needs
renewing anyway. :)
Who is handling this documentation now? I'd like to arrange updated
documentation so that I can get whatever new provider to sign on.
Also, if anyone has any suggestions for providers with data centres in
Canada (or with low latency to prairie Canada, at least), I'm all ears. I
have found a prospect in Toronto and am waiting to hear back, but it is far
from definite.
Much appreciated.
73
Jim VE5EV