RE: FYI - Suspension of Cogent access to ARIN Whois

[James Breeden <James () arenalgroup co>]

Hmm. Wonder if this can be used to cancel some cogent services... I mean, they technically aren't providing access to 
the full internet now. 🤷‍♂️🤔



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-------- Original message --------
From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>
Date: 1/7/20 7:02 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog () nanog org>
Subject: Re: FYI - Suspension of Cogent access to ARIN Whois

On Tue, Jan 07, 2020 at 04:54:22PM -0600, Mike Hammett wrote:
> That said, if there's a stern warning about Cogent abusing the system,
> maybe their customers finding out is a good thing for the overall
> community. ;-)

And that is what I would suggest: reply to all queries with a notice
that explains what is happening, why it's happening, and provides
contact information for Cogent executives: preferably their *personal*
email addresses and phone numbers.

---rsk