End of Cogent-Sprint peering wars?

Wed Sep 7 22:03:33 UTC 2022

$1 deals usually come with an operation in the red, or assumption of significant debts.

On 9/7/22, 2:55 PM, "NANOG on behalf of Dave Taht" <nanog-bounces+jbazyar=verobroadband.com at nanog.org on behalf of dave.taht at gmail.com> wrote:

    On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 1:48 PM Sean Donelan <sean at donelan.com> wrote:
    >
    >
    > Are Sprint AS1239 and Cogent AS174 finally going to settle their peering
    > disputes?
    >
    > T-Mobile sells legacy Sprint wireline business to Cogent for $1, expects
    > hefty charge
    > https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/cogent-communications-acquire-t-mobiles-wireline-business-2022-09-07/
    >
    > 1,400 customers
    > 1,300 employees
    >
    > 19,000 long-haul route miles
    > 1,300 metro route miles
    > 16,800 leased route miles

    That's a dollar well spent. It also explains the layoffs.
    >

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