[187748] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cogent & Google IPv6
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Wed Feb 24 16:51:59 2016
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From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
In-Reply-To: <op.ydcxiyl5tfhldh@rbeam.xactional.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 16:51:55 -0500
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On Feb 24, 2016, at 4:48 PM, Ricky Beam <jfbeam@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Feb 2016 15:48:22 -0500, Patrick W. Gilmore =
<patrick@ianai.net> wrote:
>> And Ricky is wrong, the vast majority of prefixes Cogent routes have =
zero dollars behind them. Cogent gets paid by customers, not peers. (At =
least not the big ones.)
>=20
> Show me a single connection to Cogent for which Cogent isn't being =
paid. Cogent is the only provider I've ever heard of that will not do =
any form of settlement-free peering.
You really think AT&T, Comcast, Level 3, Sprint, Verizon, etc. are =
paying Cogent?
Good thing I put my drink down before I read that.
Or do you think Cogent is paying all of them? That is a possibility, but =
it means that Cogent is not getting paid - by definition.
--=20
TTFN,
patrick
