OpenTransit (france telecom) depeers cogent

Fri Apr 15 10:48:52 UTC 2005

from FT:

FT terminated its direct interconnection with Cogent as they did not 
comply with 2 of the criterias of the FT Peering Policy. This Policy 
is official and published.
However, route exchanges between Cogent and FT customer remained
possible through IP transit provider networks such as Sprint for FT.
As a matter of retaliation, Cogent "blackholed" all FT IP addresses,
cutting the routes between their customers and FT's ones. This
unitaleral measure is a breach of the rules agreed upon among the IP
community.
FT cannot be held responsible vis a vis its customers for the negative
consequences of an action taken under the sole responsibility of Cogent.

Regards,
Jonas