Comments on: Peering Dispute Between Cogent, Sprint

By: gerry

gerry — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:52:54 +0000

Several of my second level domains are hosted by PUREHOST ( a Cogent customer)…combined with my the fact that my laptop’s email client uses a wireless data card from SPRINT means that I’m up a creek without a paddle. I was further frustrated that while PUREHOST’s customer service was at least able to acknowledge the problem with a bit of finger pointing, SPRINT’s customer service was trying to tell me that something was wrong with my internet security settings. AGGGHHHH!!!

By: Arlene

Arlene — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:20:11 +0000

This is also affecting on-line banking!!! Cannot access my accounts.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:11:35 +0000

My biggest complain is that neither Sprint or Cogent notified us and we are customers of both. I only found out when a vendor forwarded me this article after I had been yelling at him all day about their product not working. Oops.

By: The Universes

The Universes — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 06:44:41 +0000

@Robert, unfortunately, no entity can force them to start peering again. Internet traffic is re-routed assuming that one wasn’t depending solely on Sprint or Cogent. Lets say you get your Internet from Cogent and Level3, then your fine because Level3 can still get to Sprint.

By: Robert Sobelman

Robert Sobelman — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:35:51 +0000

I thought Internet traffic was supposed to be rerouted and so not dependent on one specific peer-point . I realize the Internet is “uregulated”, but isn’t there a higher authority to appeal to (FCC, FTC) to register complaints with?

By: Jesse Robbins

Jesse Robbins — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:24:10 +0000

Rich,

You summarized this incident perfectly.

-Jesse Robbins
O’Reilly Radar

By: Rich Miller

Rich Miller — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:31:33 +0000

For those unfamiliar with the service, PACER is the online gateway that provides access to federal court documents. I used it a lot back in the days when there were a lot of data center bankruptcies to write about. Fortunately, haven’t had to do much of that lately …

By: mattt

mattt — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:48:26 +0000

You know who else is howling? Lawyers trying to file papers in federal court through a web-based service called Pacer. Apparently, if one’s ISP is Cogent, that isn’t possible anymore.