[IP] Level 3, Cogent resolve peering spat, renew deal

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Daniel Berninger <dan@tier1research.com>
Date: October 30, 2005 8:52:56 AM EST
To: dave@farber.net
Cc: isen@isen.com
Subject: Level 3, Cogent resolve peering spat, renew deal


Dave,

The article below covers the resolution of the Level 3 Cogent peering
dispute.

I collaborated with David Isenberg on some commentary regarding the  
issues.

See http://isen.com/blog/2005/10/level3-and-cogent-end-peering- 
dispute.html

Best regards,

Dan

............................................
Daniel Berninger
VP, Senior Analyst
Tier1 Research
v: 202.250.3838
e: dan@tier1research.com
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Level 3, Cogent resolve peering spat, renew deal
By Stacy Cowley, IDG News Service, 10/28/05

Two feuding top-tier ISPs said Friday that they have struck a deal to  
renew
their traffic exchange agreement and avert a repeatof a showdown that
blacked out connections between their customers earlier this month.

Level 3 Communications and Cogent Communications have agreed on what  
they
called a "modified" version of their original peering arrangement,
whichenabled the two providers to directly connect their networks and
exchange Internet traffic across them without charge. Inearly  
October, Level
3 discontinued its peering arrangement with Cogent . Neither side  
warned its
customers in advance about the looming disconnection, which left many
customers scrambling to makealternative arrangements after parts of the
Internet abruptly went dark for them

Three days into the standoff, Level 3 backed down and restored its  
peering
connection to Cogent . However, it called the move a temporary one,  
and said
it would once again terminate the arrangement on Nov. 9.

...

Read the entire article at
http://www.networkworld.com/edge/news/2005/102805-cogent-level3.html





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