Well, right now, it would seem that NANOG is saying, and my own experience through my ISP at home, is confirming that Cogent is having routing issues to Sprint; possibly other carriers as well. The most likely source of that issue: Cogent got de-peered, from another high tier Internet carrier AGAIN! Oh Happy Day for all us who depend on Cogent for our various business needs. My advice right now: if you have Cogent, RUN, don’t walk to your nearest teir 1 carrier and buy some backup bandwidth!
Update: It would seem this whole thing is due to a negotiation breakdown between the two parties, and Sprint decided to pull the plug as it were. If you don’t believe me, check it out here (Well, unless you use cogent): http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/10/30/cogent-and-sprint-break-the-internet
Filed under: Networking | Tagged: Cogent, Depeered, Internet, Peering, Routing, Sprint
“My advice right now: if you have Cogent, RUN, don’t walk to your nearest teir 1 carrier and buy some backup bandwidth!” That is a recipie for future fail. The so-called “tier 1″s are useless precisely because they are all fragile and susceptable to happiness within their cartel. Sprint will blame cogent, cogent will blame sprint, half-truths will be the rule of the day and in the end one or the other will relent. If experience is any guide, cogent will pick up new business out of this…