Re: Cogent/Level 3 depeering

[James <haesu () towardex com>]

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


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