Customer Routing Policies

• Network Route Identification
• Customer Route Manipulation
• Contacts

Network Route Identification

These BGP communities may be seen on routes sent to customers.

TDS Aggregate Routes 4181:610

These routes are the aggregates of TDS assigned space. Customer routes with direct assignments will not appear with this community

TDS Customer Routes 4181:702 & 4181:703

TDS customer originated routes, or address space directly assigned by a Regional Internet Registry to a TDS customer

TDS Peering Exchanges and Peering Partners 4181:4xx and 4181:8xx

Routes learned from TDS peering partners

TDS Transit Providers 4181:9xx

Routes learned from TDS Transit Providers

Customer Route Manipulation

Customers may originate routes with the following community tags applied to modify routing behavior within the TDS network

RTBH

TDS BGP customers may signal a Remotely Triggered Black Hole to self serve during a denial of service. Customers have to opt-in to this service during setup or by contacting their account team for setup.

Local Preference

TDS BGP customers may affect the local preference of their routes within the TDS network by applying the following communities:

Suppression/Prepend

TDS BGP customers may affect the announcement of their routes from TDS to our partners by applying the following communities:

Contact Information

Customers wishing to contact TDS for support of their existing service should use the Help and Support site for making these reports.

Requests for new service or sales inquires should be directed to your local salesperson. Contact TDS Business for local salesperson contact information.