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<p>Hello Thomas,</p>
<p>While research on BGP communities can certainly be interesting and valuable, I disagree with using the LACNOG mailing list to conduct surveys for private companies or external entities.</p>
<p>What would this list become if every company and external group started using it as a channel to distribute their own surveys?</p>
<p>This is not the purpose for which I and many others subscribed. I request that the list moderators review this matter and take appropriate action before the mailing list becomes diluted and unusable. The list rules must be clear, enforced, and applied equally to everyone.</p>
<p>Regards,<br><br></p>

<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Em seg., 14 de set. de 2026 às 02:43, Krenc Thomas Jakob vía LACNOG <<a href="mailto:lacnog@lacnic.net">lacnog@lacnic.net</a>> escreveu:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg375865655370663963">




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Hi LACNOG,</div>
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We are circulating a short survey on the operational use of BGP communities across several network-operator communities and would appreciate input from operators in Latin America and the Caribbean.</div>
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The survey has five main questions:</div>
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<a href="https://forms.gle/uEc9PhBH3CrLqRu19" id="m_5765520507946475007OWA81ea5cf2-68a2-df4b-c597-cb7f424d4c97" rel="noopener" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/uEc9PhBH3CrLqRu19</a></div>
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The questions focus on aspects of BGP community usage that are difficult to infer from public BGP measurements or documentation. The survey should take about 2–3 minutes. You do not need to be a BGP communities expert, and we are also interested in networks
 that make little or no use of communities.</div>
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The responses will be used in aggregate to complement discussions at the <i>Communities in the Wild</i> workshop, co-located with ACM IMC 2026:</div>
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<a href="https://bgpcommunities.org/" id="m_5765520507946475007OWA95d8353a-3190-5d73-03d5-ebb55ad32410" rel="noopener" target="_blank">https://bgpcommunities.org/</a></div>
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No sign-in or email address is required.</div>
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Thanks very much for your help,</div>
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Thomas Krenc<br>
IIJ Research Lab</div>
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