Isn't that how "Tier 1s" have always operated? Like, always? Customers or peers with peers subject to various requirements.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ricky Beam" <[email protected]> To: "Matt Hoppes" <[email protected]> Cc: "NANOG" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 2:18:24 PM Subject: Re: Cogent & Google IPv6 On Wed, 24 Feb 2016 14:46:56 -0500, Matt Hoppes <[email protected]> wrote: > Isn't that how the Internet is suppose to work? Perhaps. But that's not how *Cogent* works. They have a very idiotic view of "Tier 1". They have no transit connections with anyone; someone is paying them for every prefix they accept. Translation: No one in their right mind does business with Cogent.
