[85356] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Level 3's side of the story
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (william(at)elan.net)
Fri Oct 7 19:24:41 2005
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 16:23:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: "william(at)elan.net" <william@elan.net>
To: Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20051007225412.GX1332@overlord.e-gerbil.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
And after November 9, what is then? Cogent/L3 depeering part 2?
On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
> http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-07-2005/0004164041&EDATE=
>
> "On October 6, Level 3, as it had repeatedly advised Cogent it would,
> terminated free traffic exchange with Cogent. Because Internet users,
> apparently without notice from Cogent and through no fault of their own,
> have been impacted, Level 3 has, effective immediately, re-established a
> free connection to Cogent. In order to allow Internet users to make
> alternative arrangements, we will maintain this connection until 6:00 a.m.
> ET, November 9, 2005. The effectiveness of this arrangement of course
> depends on Cogent's willingness to maintain their side of the traffic
> exchange.
