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Re: Cogent/Level 3 depeering
From: James <haesu () towardex com>
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 14:58:08 -0400
On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 10:43:51AM -0700, Jeff Shultz wrote:
Matthew Crocker wrote:I opened a billing/support ticket with Cogent. I'm not planning on paying my bill or continuing the contract if they cannot provide full BGP tables and full Internet transport (barring outages). Luckily I have 2 other providers so I can still reach Level 3.I'm curious where in your contract you think Cogent guaranteed you connectivity to Level 3?Undereducated rant to follow... While I realize that the "nuke survivable" thing is probably an old wives tale, it seems ridiculous that "the Internet" can't adjust by routing any packets that used to go directly from Cogent to Level 3 though some 3rd (and) 4th (and) 5th set of providers that are connected in some fashion to both...
This isn't 6bone. People don't give transit to everyone w/o being asked for or otherwise being purchased for :) James -- James Jun Infrastructure and Technology Services TowardEX Technologies Office +1-617-459-4051 x179 | Mobile +1-978-394-2867 james () towardex com | www.towardex.com
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