Here check out this link: https://www.sprint.net/cogent.php
But let me give you the run down anyway. Sprint says they terminated all connections to cogent (there were 10 total I guess) on Oct. 30th after repeated unpaid collection attempts from Sprint for network access from Cogent. They then temporarily reconnected Cogent on Nov. 2nd. However there is a [...]
Filed under: Networking | Tagged: Cogent, Internet, Peering, Sprint | 1 Comment »
This could last a while! I’m not kidding, the two are fighting it out in court. So Cogent thinks Sprint is in violation of a free peering agreement. Internet peering agreements are established between carriers to allow the passing of traffic between networks, usually based on a balanced level of traffic flow between networks, and [...]
Filed under: Networking | Tagged: Cogent, Depeered, Internet, Peering, Sprint, Wide Open West, WOW | 3 Comments »
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 [...]
Filed under: Networking | Tagged: Cogent, Depeered, Internet, Peering, Routing, Sprint | 1 Comment »
Well, it would seem that in the war between Cogent and Network solutions, Network Solutions is winning. I’m sure most are aware of what is happening, there has been a DDos on Network Solutions from spoofed Cogent IP addresses in the 38.98.0.0/16, and in order to remedy the problem Network solutions has black holed that range!! [...]
Filed under: Networking | Tagged: Cogent, DDoS, Network Solutions | 2 Comments »
