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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Cogent/Level 3 depeering
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 [email protected] | www.towardex.com
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