Oh Noes! They broked tha’ Intarwebby! O_o

Oh Noes! They broked tha’ Intarwebby! O_o

Oh Noes! They broked tha’ Intarwebby! O_o

What I wanna know is: why?

Is this AS 1299 thingy "bad"? Is it the root of all spammers? Is it distributing viruses to the world? Is there too much traffic between it and Cogent? Does Cogent intend to break WoW’s hegemony by cutting their customers off?

What I wanna know is: why?

Is this AS 1299 thingy "bad"? Is it the root of all spammers? Is it distributing viruses to the world? Is there too much traffic between it and Cogent? Does Cogent intend to break WoW’s hegemony by cutting their customers off?

What I wanna know is: why?

Is this AS 1299 thingy "bad"? Is it the root of all spammers? Is it distributing viruses to the world? Is there too much traffic between it and Cogent? Does Cogent intend to break WoW’s hegemony by cutting their customers off?

The answer to "why" is because Cogent is a bunch of crybabies.  Cogent and Telia have been peers for a long time, that means Cogent and Telia will exchange each other’s traffic at no cost.  Cogent has decided this arrangement is no longer acceptable and wants to be paid for the traffic it receives from Telia.  Basically Cogent thinks they’re big enough that they can do whatever they want (they’ve done it to other smaller providers in the past).  Unfortunately for Cogent, TeliaSonera is the largest provider in Europe so it probably won’t work out like they hope.  Telia needs to find some new peering partners and not rely on known shakedown artists like Cogent.

http://gigaom.com/2008/03/14/the-telia-cogent-spat-could-ruin-web-for-many/

The answer to "why" is because Cogent is a bunch of crybabies.  Cogent and Telia have been peers for a long time, that means Cogent and Telia will exchange each other’s traffic at no cost.  Cogent has decided this arrangement is no longer acceptable and wants to be paid for the traffic it receives from Telia.  Basically Cogent thinks they’re big enough that they can do whatever they want (they’ve done it to other smaller providers in the past).  Unfortunately for Cogent, TeliaSonera is the largest provider in Europe so it probably won’t work out like they hope.  Telia needs to find some new peering partners and not rely on known shakedown artists like Cogent.

http://gigaom.com/2008/03/14/the-telia-cogent-spat-could-ruin-web-for-many/

The answer to "why" is because Cogent is a bunch of crybabies.  Cogent and Telia have been peers for a long time, that means Cogent and Telia will exchange each other’s traffic at no cost.  Cogent has decided this arrangement is no longer acceptable and wants to be paid for the traffic it receives from Telia.  Basically Cogent thinks they’re big enough that they can do whatever they want (they’ve done it to other smaller providers in the past).  Unfortunately for Cogent, TeliaSonera is the largest provider in Europe so it probably won’t work out like they hope.  Telia needs to find some new peering partners and not rely on known shakedown artists like Cogent.

http://gigaom.com/2008/03/14/the-telia-cogent-spat-could-ruin-web-for-many/