Cogent/Level 3 depeering

Fri Oct 7 19:49:34 UTC 2005

On 07 Oct 2005 19:00:46 +0000, Paul Vixie <vixie at vix.com> wrote:
>
> cgucker at onesc.net (Charles Gucker) writes:
>
> > > Ok, as I understand it, Level3 can get Cogent connectivity back
> > > simply be restoring the peering that they suspended, right?
>

First off, that's not my quote. ;-)  Second, it would appear routes
are once again beng exchanged between Level(3) and Cogent.

BGP routing table entry for 209.244.0.0/14, version 103309841
Paths: (1 available, best #1, table Default-IP-Routing-Table)
  Not advertised to any peer
  174 3356, (aggregated by 3356 4.68.0.12)
    66.28.1.1 from 66.28.1.1 (66.28.1.1)
      Origin IGP, metric 1000, localpref 100, valid, external,
atomic-aggregate, best
      Community: 174:21000 16631:1000

>From an outside view, it seems like Level(3) caved in to customer
demand, but what the true outcome is, nobody will know [publically].

charles

> that's what this press release says:
>
>         http://www.cogentco.com/htdocs/press.php?func=detail&person_id=62
>
> disclaimer-- my employer has friendly relations with both Level(3) and Cogent.
> --
> Paul Vixie
>