[79797] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: OpenTransit (france telecom) depeers cogent
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonas Frey)
Fri Apr 15 06:49:42 2005
From: Jonas Frey <jf@probe-networks.de>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20050415095910.595243992F@equinox.DOMINO.ORG>
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 12:48:52 +0200
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
from FT:
FT terminated its direct interconnection with Cogent as they did not
comply with 2 of the criterias of the FT Peering Policy. This Policy
is official and published.
However, route exchanges between Cogent and FT customer remained
possible through IP transit provider networks such as Sprint for FT.
As a matter of retaliation, Cogent "blackholed" all FT IP addresses,
cutting the routes between their customers and FT's ones. This
unitaleral measure is a breach of the rules agreed upon among the IP
community.
FT cannot be held responsible vis a vis its customers for the negative
consequences of an action taken under the sole responsibility of Cogent.
Regards,
Jonas
