Re: Cogent/Level 3 depeering

["Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick () ianai net>]

On Oct 6, 2005, at 10:19 AM, tony sarendal wrote:

> This is not the first and certainly not the last time we see this kind
> of event happen.
> Purchasing a single-homed service from a Tier-1 provider will  
> guarantee that you
> are affected by this every time it happens.

s/every time it happens/every time it happens to YOUR upstream

People on Sprint, AT&T, GLBX, MCI, etc. were unaffected.  Only people  
who single-home to L3 or Cogent have disconnectivity.


> Now, is being a tier-1 now a good or bad sales argument when selling
> internet access ?

It's still a good argument, because Marketing != Reality. :)

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TTFN,
patrick