What happened to Cogent?

Wed Apr 25 20:09:32 UTC 2007

I wasn't expecting things to get fixed by posting on Nanog. I was hoping 
to get information from someone who had maybe already called Cogent 
since their phones were slammed when i tried to call.

Matthew Crocker wrote:
>
> I'm guessing a routing loop and a bunch of red lights in their NOC.  
> I'm sure they are working on it.
>
> I never understand why people post traceroute on NANOG and expect 
> things to magically get fixed.   Did you call Cogent?
>
> On Apr 25, 2007, at 3:55 PM, David Coulson wrote:
>
>>
>> About 20mins ago my connection to Cogent in Cleveland just went 
>> totally nuts. I can't even get to www.cogentco.com over their circuit:
>>
>>                                                    
>> Packets               Pings
>> Host                                             Loss%   Snt   Last   
>> Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
>> 1. v129.l3sw1.n2net.net                           0.0%     1    1.1   
>> 1.1   1.1   1.1   0.0
>> 2. v401.core1.n2net.net                           0.0%     1    0.4   
>> 0.4   0.4   0.4   0.0
>> 3. fa0-2.na01.b002352-3.cle01.atlas.cogentco.com  0.0%     1    1.5   
>> 1.5   1.5   1.5   0.0
>> 4. g1-0-3501.core01.cle01.atlas.cogentco.com      0.0%     1    1.6   
>> 1.6   1.6   1.6   0.0
>> 5. p6-0.core01.buf02.atlas.cogentco.com           0.0%     1    5.5   
>> 5.5   5.5   5.5   0.0
>> 6. p6-0.core01.cle01.atlas.cogentco.com           0.0%     1    6.1   
>> 6.1   6.1   6.1   0.0
>> 7. p6-0.core01.buf02.atlas.cogentco.com           0.0%     1   10.5  
>> 10.5  10.5  10.5   0.0
>> 8. p6-0.core01.cle01.atlas.cogentco.com           0.0%     1    9.9   
>> 9.9   9.9   9.9   0.0
>> 9. p6-0.core01.buf02.atlas.cogentco.com           0.0%     1   14.7  
>> 14.7  14.7  14.7   0.0
>> 10. p6-0.core01.cle01.atlas.cogentco.com           0.0%     1   14.7  
>> 14.7  14.7  14.7   0.0
>> 11. p6-0.core01.buf02.atlas.cogentco.com           0.0%     1   19.1  
>> 19.1  19.1  19.1   0.0
>>
>>
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