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Behind the Cogent-Sprint Depeering

An anonymous reader brings an update to Sprint's depeering with Cogent, which we discussed a few days back — namely, Sprint's side of the story. According to them, no free peering contract had ever existed, Cogent refused to pay the bills to exchange traffic, and after a year Sprint gave Cogent 30 days notice of their intent to disconnect. During this 30-day period, when one or two connections (out of ten) per week were shut down, Cogent made no alternate arrangements to alleviate the impact on their customers — but they had a press release ready when Sprint snipped the final wire. It will be interesting to see how Cogent responds.

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  1. No comment from Cogent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They're unreachable due to no internet connection.

  2. Re:They're back? by Dachannien · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are they connected again? The traffic is flowing.

    The Spacing Guild must have complained.

    The spice must flow!

  3. Re:Holy Shit by CODiNE · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wait a minute? Are you saying companies aren't allowed to just lie in public whenever they like? This doesn't seem to be enforced very often.

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