The IPv6 Travesty that is Cogent's refusal to peer Hurricane Electric - and how to solve it

Thu Jan 28 14:12:24 UTC 2016

On 28/Jan/16 11:16, Owen DeLong wrote:

> Bottom line, I’ve never seen a case where any ISP has definitively benefited
> from a restrictive peering policy. At best, it’s a neutral factor that most
> people just sort of accept. Routinely, it drives business away from such
> ISPs towards Tier-2s with good transit relationships and a better peering
> policy. At worst, I’ve seen it create active bad will in various communities
> as is the current case with Cogent and is a demonstrable factor in the
> decline of SPRINT.

Agree.

Mark.