Cogent/Level 3 depeering

Thu Oct 6 00:04:44 UTC 2005

Alex Rubenstein wrote:
> 
> 
>> 2. Level 3's assault method is to drop peering with Cogent, in
>> hopes this will force Cogent to purchase transit to them in some
>> fashion (does Level 3 have an inflated idea of their own worth?),
>> also forcing them to raise prices and hopefully (for Level 3)
>> returning some stability to the market.
> 
> 
> I think I'd bet that if L3 depeered Cogent, the last place cogent
> would go to buy transit to L3 would be L3.
> 
I'm not making value judgements on anything that has happened - both
sides think that either tactically or strategically what they are doing
is for the best.

But when I said "purchase transit to them in some fashion" that allowed 
buying it from a third party as well - as long as it reaches L3 eventually.

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