Level 3's side of the story

Fri Oct 7 23:41:14 UTC 2005

BTW - it sounds like maybe somebody was required to give 30 days notice 
of service changes to certain customers with good laywers....

On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, william(at)elan.net wrote:

> And after November 9, what is then? Cogent/L3 depeering part 2?
>
> On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
>
>> http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-07-2005/0004164041&EDATE=
>> 
>> "On October 6, Level 3, as it had repeatedly advised Cogent it would,
>> terminated free traffic exchange with Cogent.  Because Internet users,
>> apparently without notice from Cogent and through no fault of their own,
>> have been impacted, Level 3 has, effective immediately, re-established a
>> free connection to Cogent.  In order to allow Internet users to make
>> alternative arrangements, we will maintain this connection until 6:00 a.m.
>> ET, November 9, 2005.  The effectiveness of this arrangement of course
>> depends on Cogent's willingness to maintain their side of the traffic
>> exchange.