What is the easiest way for average joe to get hands on BGP data? If I wanted to try do similar analysis and don't happen to have a friend at ISP.
I have had a project on the back burner for about a year now to offer a BGP feed via a websocket to facilitate people playing around and doing research without allowing them to accidently spew crap into the DFZ. Shoot me an email if you are interested and I'll try to get it spun up this week.
Generally, your upstream won't allow you to spew crap. Route filters are in place. I run a small AS for hobbyist purposes and all my upstreams are locked down.