Re: Cogent/Level 3 depeering

["Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve () telecomplete co uk>]

On Thu, 6 Oct 2005, tony sarendal wrote:

> On 06/10/05, Patrick W. Gilmore <patrick () ianai net> wrote:
> > On Oct 6, 2005, at 10:19 AM, tony sarendal wrote:
> >
> > > This is not the first and certainly not the last time we see this kind
> > > of event happen.
> > > Purchasing a single-homed service from a Tier-1 provider will
> > > guarantee that you
> > > are affected by this every time it happens.
> >
> > s/every time it happens/every time it happens to YOUR upstream
> >
> > People on Sprint, AT&T, GLBX, MCI, etc. were unaffected.  Only people
> > who single-home to L3 or Cogent have disconnectivity.
> >
> >
> > > Now, is being a tier-1 now a good or bad sales argument when selling
> > > internet access ?
> >
> > It's still a good argument, because Marketing != Reality. :)
>
> Patrick, it happens to every PA customer who buys his service from one
> of the Tier-1 providers active in the de-peering.
>
> If a PA customer buys his service from a non-tier1 this will most
> likely not happen, unless that provider has bought transit in a very
> unwise way.
>
> The entire point is that it's not always good to be too close to tier-1 space.

See my other post tho, connectivity disputes and problems can arise between any 
networks, being tier-1 isnt special.. anyone can choose not to give access or 
send routes to any other network.

Steve