[108868] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Sprint / Cogent
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Justin Shore)
Fri Oct 31 09:03:53 2008
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:03:11 -0500
From: Justin Shore <justin@justinshore.com>
To: Nick Hilliard <nick@inex.ie>
In-Reply-To: <490AF05B.7000502@inex.ie>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Nick Hilliard wrote:
> And they'll do it to others in future peering spats. It's just a
> bullying tactic - entertaining if you're on the sideline; irritating if
> you're Sprint.
>
> Cogent reminds me of Ethan Coen's poem, which starts:
>
> The loudest has the final say,
> The wanton win, the rash hold sway,
> The realist's rules of order say
> The drunken driver has the right of way.
So why do SPs keep depeering Cogent? Serious question, why? I'm not
aware of any Intercage-like issues with them. I've actually considered
them as a potential upstream when we expand into a market they serve.
Justin
