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Level 3 and Cogent Reach Agreement on Peering

Posted by Zonk on from the internet-back-to-normal dept.

Armour Hotdog writes "Level3 and Cogent have announced an agreement on a modified peering contract that provides for settlement-free peering subject to certain unspecified conditions. This is a welcome announcement considering the disruption caused earlier when Level3 depeered Cogent. After that earlier dispute, Level3 temporarily restored peering, but announced that they would once again depeer Cogent on November 9th, unless the parties could come to an agreement."

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  1. Re:Free market solution regulation by Jeff+DeMaagd · · Score: 4, Interesting

    When was the last time you remember that Sprint customers were cut off from being able to call MCI subscribers?

    I don't want massive regulation, but something simple to prevent deliberate cut-offs would be nice, and it appears that the free market didn't solve that problem.

  2. Re:Internet Latency by elm3r · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Not only are businesses affected, but educational institutions are as well. At my workplace, we conduct many internet-based courses that completely *halted* when Level3 depeered Cogent. The professors of those courses had to quickly make major changes to their deadlines and course structure, to work around the outtage. That is the first time such actions have ever had to be taken here (including changes made due to hurricanes).