Cogent/Level 3 depeering

Wed Oct 5 19:46:10 UTC 2005

Since Cogent was depeered couple times before and each time they fairly
quickly setup transit connection (without statement like the one below),
I seem to be getting an impression that they are a lot more angry this
time for whatever reason and it might not be resolved quite as easily.

Am I wrong to think that this is not quite the game of chicken this time 
and neither one will provide connection to the other unless a lot and lot 
of outside pressure is put on them to resolve it?

On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, Matthew Crocker wrote:

> This is what I just got from Cogent support.   I'm still waiting on the 
> billing dispute ticket.   I've already told our payables department to not 
> pay any Cogent invoices,  this should get fun.  Hell,  I wish Verio never 
> sold me to Cogent in the first place,  it is all their fault :/
>
> <quote>
> Hello,
>
> As of 5:30 am EDT, October 5th, Level(3) terminated peering with Cogent 
> without cause (as permitted under its peering agreement with Cogent) even 
> though both Cogent and Level(3) remained in full compliance with the 
> previously existing interconnection agreement.  Cogent has left the peering 
> circuits open in the hope that Level(3) will change its mind and allow 
> traffic to be exchanged between our networks. We are extending a special 
> offering to single homed Level 3 customers.
>
> Cogent will offer any Level 3 customer, who is single homed to the Level 3 
> network on the date of this notice, one year of full Internet transit free of 
> charge at the same bandwidth currently being supplied by Level 3. Cogent will 
> provide this connectivity in over 1,000 locations throughout North America 
> and Europe.
>
>
> For status updates and further information on the special offering  -- 
> please see our status page at http://status.cogentco.com
> </quote>
>
> -Matt
>
> On Oct 5, 2005, at 11:57 AM, Simon Lockhart wrote:
>
>> On Wed Oct 05, 2005 at 11:50:52AM -0400, 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.
>>> 
>> 
>> We tried the same line with Level3 - and were told "Tough, we're not paying
>> service credit. The transit still works, just its coverage is slightly
>> different".
>> 
>>> Maybe I can buy the new 'Cogent - it is almost the Internet' service
>>> for less money.
>> 
>> Indeed, that's the natural next step.
>> 
>> Simon
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