Re: Cogent/Level 3 depeering

[John Payne <john () sackheads org>]

On Oct 5, 2005, at 2:04 PM, Todd Vierling wrote:

> On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, Matthew Crocker wrote:
>
> > > So perhaps the question you should be asking is:  Why didn't routes 
> > > for
> > > these networks fall over to the other upstream peers which *are* 
> > > capable of
> > > moving the packets?  Surely MCI, AT&T, Sprint, and others would 
> > > carry the
> > > packets to the right place.  I can see the paths right here....
> >
> > They did, and I'm not down.  I see Level 3 via Sprint and GNAPs/CENT 
> > just
> > fine.
>
> No, I mean:  Why didn't *your upstream's* routes fall back to *their* 
> other
> peers, who should be perfectly capable of transiting those packets?

Who is Level3's upstream?

Who is Cogent's upstream?  (Actually, I know the answer to that, but 
it's for partial connectivity, not full)

You seem to be confusing peering with transit...