[187374] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The IPv6 Travesty that is Cogent's refusal to peer Hurricane
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Tinka)
Thu Jan 28 09:12:32 2016
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
To: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
From: Mark Tinka <mark.tinka@seacom.mu>
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 16:12:24 +0200
In-Reply-To: <720E410F-DB08-47C9-A3BC-5421234C8513@delong.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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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.
