Re: Internet partitioning event regulations (was: RE: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent)

2008-11-07 Thread Michal Krsek
First, let me say that I think peering regulation is a terrible idea. No matter how cleverly you plan it, the result will be that fewer small companies can participate. That's the character of regulation: compliance creates more barriers to entry than it removes. That having been said,

Re: Internet partitioning event regulations (was: RE: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent)

2008-11-06 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 06/11/2008 02:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Who owns the DNS root? The US Government claims to. However, asserting authority over the DNS root is a different matter to a mere claim to ownership, and if the US Government were to unilaterally decide on an action which directly acted

Internet partitioning event regulations (was: RE: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent)

2008-11-05 Thread Lamar Owen
Charles Wyble [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lamar Owen wrote: There are three ways that I know of (feel free to add to this list) to limit the events: 1.) As you mentioned, regulation (or a government run and regulated backbone); Right. But what do we want this to look like? Well, since

Re: Internet partitioning event regulations (was: RE: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent)

2008-11-05 Thread Larry Sheldon
Lamar Owen wrote: Charles Wyble [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lamar Owen wrote: There are three ways that I know of (feel free to add to this list) to limit the events: 1.) As you mentioned, regulation (or a government run and regulated backbone); Which government? Right. But what do we want

RE: Internet partitioning event regulations (was: RE: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent)

2008-11-05 Thread Lamar Owen
Larry Sheldon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How will that work in, say, China? Or Iran [snip] But I'm sure there are loopholes in my rough outline above; it's too simple to be real regulation. :-) One World Government at last! Just one of the many loopholes in my simplistic outline, and the

Re: Internet partitioning event regulations (was: RE: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent)

2008-11-05 Thread Larry Sheldon
Lamar Owen wrote: Larry Sheldon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How will that work in, say, China? Or Iran [snip] But I'm sure there are loopholes in my rough outline above; it's too simple to be real regulation. :-) One World Government at last! Just one of the many loopholes in my simplistic

RE: Internet partitioning event regulations (was: RE: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent)

2008-11-05 Thread Lamar Owen
Larry Sheldon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wote: Do you see that as more than a minor nuisance? I see it as a deal breaker. Yet another reason I vastly prefer no such regulation. Yet endusers with clout (such as NASA, who was on both sides of this latest partitioning) may try to get some form of

Re: Internet partitioning event regulations (was: RE: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent)

2008-11-05 Thread Wayne E. Bouchard
On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 11:59:09AM -0500, Lamar Owen wrote: You're very welcome. My previous career was as a broadcast chief operator. Knowing 47 CFR Parts 1, 2, 73, 74, and 101 was part of that job (and a part I do not miss). Radio (both amateur and professional) used to be, prior to the

Re: Internet partitioning event regulations (was: RE: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent)

2008-11-05 Thread Scott Weeks
. Rhetorical question... scott --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Lamar Owen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Charles Wyble [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Internet partitioning event regulations (was: RE: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent) Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 11:59:09 -0500

Re: Internet partitioning event regulations (was: RE: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent)

2008-11-05 Thread Scott Weeks
Government at last! bzzzt! wrong answer. :-) scott --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Larry Sheldon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: undisclosed-recipients: ; CC: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Internet partitioning event regulations (was: RE: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent) Date

RE: Internet partitioning event regulations (was: RE: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent)

2008-11-05 Thread HRH Sven Olaf Prinz von CyberBunker-Kamphuis MP
speaking about regulation, as a party providing an important piece of infrastructure to the muggles in the matrix, we would expect some gratitude from the various highly incompetent governators around the world, instead of pissing off isps with more regulations, primarily pushed by the various

Re: Internet partitioning event regulations (was: RE: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent)

2008-11-05 Thread William Herrin
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Larry Sheldon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lamar Owen wrote: There are three ways that I know of (feel free to add to this list) to limit the events: 1.) As you mentioned, regulation (or a government run and regulated backbone); Which government? First, let me

Re: Internet partitioning event regulations (was: RE: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent)

2008-11-05 Thread Scott Weeks
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That having been said, jurisdiction is a red herring. Every transit-free provider does at least some of its business in the United States. Economic reality compels them to continue to do so for the foreseeable future. That's all the hook the Feds need.

Re: Internet partitioning event regulations (was: RE: Sending vs r equesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent)

2008-11-05 Thread Alexander Harrowell
regulations (was: RE: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent) From: Scott Weeks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 05/11/2008 10:47 pm --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That having been said, jurisdiction is a red herring. Every transit-free provider does at least some of its business

RE: Internet partitioning event regulations (was: RE: Sendingvs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent)

2008-11-05 Thread michael.dillon
Are you saying that if any part of a network touches US soil it can be regulated by the US govt over the entirety of the network? For my part, this is not an attempt to change the subject or divert the argument (red herring). It is a valid question with operational impact. That's not

Re: Internet partitioning event regulations (was: RE: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent)

2008-11-05 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 02:46:27PM -0800, Scott Weeks wrote: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That having been said, jurisdiction is a red herring. Every transit-free provider does at least some of its business in the United States. Economic reality compels them to continue to do so for the

Re: Internet partitioning event regulations (was: RE: Sendingvs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent)

2008-11-05 Thread Wayne E. Bouchard
To add to Michael's point, I will say that while US Laws cannot apply to a company globally, it is perfectly reasonable for the US govt to say If you wish to do business in this country, your operations within the USA will follow these rules. This is how every other industry is regulated. Just

RE: Internet partitioning event regulations (was: RE: Sendingvs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent)

2008-11-05 Thread Scott Weeks
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's not how companies work. What you see as a single company operating a single worldwide network, is actually a web of companies with interlocking directorships and share structures. In each country they will probably have 3 or 4 corporate entities. Ok, I

Re: Internet partitioning event regulations (was: RE: Sendingvs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent)

2008-11-05 Thread Joel Jaeggli
Scott Weeks wrote: Ok, I hadn't thought of that. I was thinking of one company in a non-US country with some assets in the US (but most not) and being held to US regulations network-wide. How would you stop the traffic that was not following US regulations from hitting the US? Ask ISPs

Re: Internet partitioning event regulations (was: RE: Sendingvs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent)

2008-11-05 Thread Scott Weeks
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Joel Jaeggli [EMAIL PROTECTED] Scott Weeks wrote: Ok, I hadn't thought of that. I was thinking of one company in a non-US country with some assets in the US (but most not) and being held to US regulations network-wide. How would you stop the traffic that

Re: Internet partitioning event regulations (was: RE: Sendingvs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent)

2008-11-05 Thread kris foster
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Re: Internet partitioning event regulations (was: RE: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent)

2008-11-05 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:46:27 PST, Scott Weeks said: Are you saying that if any part of a network touches US soil it can be regulated by the US govt over the entirety of the network? For my part, this is not an attempt to change the subject or divert the argument (red herring). It is a valid

Re: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-11-04 Thread Lamar Owen
On Saturday 01 November 2008 20:00:46 Matthew Petach wrote: Unfortunately, as I'm sure you're all too aware, for public companies, it's very hard to get away with saying I was doing what was right for the Internet, not what would make my business the most money at a shareholder meeting, or

Re: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-11-04 Thread Charles Wyble
Lamar Owen wrote: On Saturday 01 November 2008 20:00:46 Matthew Petach wrote: Unfortunately, as I'm sure you're all too aware, for public companies, it's very hard to get away with saying I was doing what was right for the Internet, not what would make my business the most money at a

Re: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-11-04 Thread Charles Wyble
Lamar Owen wrote: Charles Wyble [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We know they can partition at any time. We know that certain players have a history of causing this to happen more then others. What I haven't seen discussed in any great detail, is how to limit those events. There

Re: Sprint / Cogent dispute over?

2008-11-03 Thread Daniel Senie
At 06:54 PM 11/2/2008, Daniel Roesen wrote: On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 04:40:20PM -0500, Randy Epstein wrote: Problem resolved? https://www.sprint.net/cogent.php Reading this accounting of Sprint's side of the story reveals something that's not too surprising about Sprint. They've got serious

Re: Sprint / Cogent dispute over?

2008-11-03 Thread Paul Vixie
Daniel Senie [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 06:54 PM 11/2/2008, Daniel Roesen wrote: https://www.sprint.net/cogent.php ... Also in this document is a complaint that Cogent failed to disconnect. Excuse me? This was a trial PEERING agreement. That implies one or a series of point-to-point

RE: Sprint / Cogent dispute over?

2008-11-03 Thread Martin Hannigan
-Original Message- From: Paul Vixie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 11:49 AM To: Daniel Senie Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Sprint / Cogent dispute over? Sprint's document's wording is careful even if their TITLE is not. FWIW, that's the TITLE

Re: Sprint / Cogent dispute over?

2008-11-03 Thread Florian Weimer
* Paul Vixie: if cogent signed a trial peering contract which required payment if sprint determined after three months that cogent did not qualify, then the court's open questions are was the contract valid (and thus, does cogent owe sprint money) and why isn't there some kind of common

RE: Sprint / Cogent dispute over?

2008-11-03 Thread Deepak Jain
At 06:54 PM 11/2/2008, Daniel Roesen wrote: On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 04:40:20PM -0500, Randy Epstein wrote: Problem resolved? https://www.sprint.net/cogent.php Since there is active litigation going on over this, it's also possible an attorney said, hmmm... maybe you should wait until the

Sprint / Cogent dispute over?

2008-11-02 Thread Randy Epstein
Real time look at the situation: *i4.23.112.0/2466.216.0.20 0100 0 1239 174 21889 i * i 66.216.0.1 0100 0 1239 174 21889 i * i 66.186.193.160100 0 1239 174 21889 i * i

RE: Sprint / Cogent dispute over?

2008-11-02 Thread Johnson, Joe
Randy Epstein wrote: snip Problem resolved? From a single-homed Cogent site, I can get to sprint.net and fcc.gov, both of which were unavailable after the de-peering. Joe Johnson Senior Systems Engineer InnerWorkings, Inc. Managed Print Promotional Solutions 600 West Chicago Avenue, Suite

Re: Sprint / Cogent dispute over?

2008-11-02 Thread Daniel Roesen
On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 04:40:20PM -0500, Randy Epstein wrote: Problem resolved? https://www.sprint.net/cogent.php Best regards, Daniel -- CLUE-RIPE -- Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PGP: 0xA85C8AA0

Re: Sprint / Cogent dispute over?

2008-11-02 Thread Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET
On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 04:40:20PM -0500, Randy Epstein wrote: Problem resolved? https://www.sprint.net/cogent.php Check out the TITLE of the document. Me thinks it was a rush job to post up the page and a bit of cut/paste was done. ;) Tuc

Re: Sprint / Cogent dispute over?

2008-11-02 Thread Randy Bush
https://www.sprint.net/cogent.php no nda, eh? randy

Re: Sprint / Cogent dispute over?

2008-11-02 Thread Brandon Galbraith
On 11/2/08, Daniel Roesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 04:40:20PM -0500, Randy Epstein wrote: Problem resolved? https://www.sprint.net/cogent.php Best regards, Daniel Seeing as Cogent is going to try tooth and nail to keep their new found Tier 1 status (and not pay

RE: Sprint / Cogent dispute over?

2008-11-02 Thread Randy Epstein
https://www.sprint.net/cogent.php Yes, I've read it. They need to fix their TITLE. So while Cogent was depeered by Sprint, we contacted the CEO of Cogent on Friday to try and arrange at least a temporary peering arrangement so that bits flowed between our networks while they battled this

Re: Sprint / Cogent dispute over?

2008-11-02 Thread Simon Lockhart
On Sun Nov 02, 2008 at 06:05:52PM -0600, Brandon Galbraith wrote: Seeing as Cogent is going to try tooth and nail to keep their new found Tier 1 status (and not pay anyone for transit), I would think this would bode worse for Sprint, since most of their transit customers could migrate to

Re: Sprint / Cogent dispute over?

2008-11-02 Thread Paul Wall
On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Brandon Galbraith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Seeing as Cogent is going to try tooth and nail to keep their new found Tier 1 status (and not pay anyone for transit), I would think this would bode worse for Sprint, since most of their transit customers could migrate

Re: Sprint / Cogent dispute over?

2008-11-02 Thread Seth Mattinen
Brandon Galbraith wrote: On 11/2/08, Daniel Roesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 04:40:20PM -0500, Randy Epstein wrote: Problem resolved? https://www.sprint.net/cogent.php Best regards, Daniel Seeing as Cogent is going to try tooth and nail to keep their new found Tier

Re: Sprint / Cogent dispute over?

2008-11-02 Thread Martin Hannigan
On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 9:10 PM, Seth Mattinen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brandon Galbraith wrote: [ snip ] I guess, if you like being affected by Cogent's peering spats on a recurring basis. Are you forgetting this is not the first time? But according to Sprint, this isn't a peering spat.

Re: Sprint / Cogent dispute over?

2008-11-02 Thread Seth Mattinen
Martin Hannigan wrote: On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 9:10 PM, Seth Mattinen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brandon Galbraith wrote: [ snip ] I guess, if you like being affected by Cogent's peering spats on a recurring basis. Are you forgetting this is not the first time? But according to Sprint,

Re: Sprint / Cogent dispute over?

2008-11-02 Thread Justin Ream
It just amazes me how some people seem to think this is the first time Cogent has done this. It's like they want the horrid operational impact it will have, cry that big bad provider X disconnected them, and people will come to their defense. Everyone loves an underdog story. -Justin

Re: Sprint / Cogent dispute over?

2008-11-02 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Nov 2, 2008, at 7:06 PM, Randy Epstein wrote: https://www.sprint.net/cogent.php Yes, I've read it. They need to fix their TITLE. So while Cogent was depeered by Sprint, we contacted the CEO of Cogent on Friday to try and arrange at least a temporary peering arrangement so that bits

RE: Sprint / Cogent dispute over?

2008-11-02 Thread Randy Epstein
Patrick, Aren't you in one of the 1300 on-net locations with Cogent? Doesn't that give you a free FE? :-) Clearly you are joking here, but no, wasn't even offered the free FastE! :) Randy

Re: Sprint / Cogent dispute over?

2008-11-02 Thread James Hess
On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 8:29 PM, Martin Hannigan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But according to Sprint, this isn't a peering spat. This is a customer who didn't pay their bill. Probably useful to keep that in perspective. -M I would say it's a peering spat, because Cogent's press releases stated

Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-11-01 Thread bas
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If Sprint is upset that Cogent is sending Sprint much more traffic than Sprint is sending Cogent, how does Sprint sending Cogent even less traffic (and making the ratio even worse) help Sprint? Why would Cogent care?

RE: Sprint / Cogent

2008-11-01 Thread Daniel Senie
At 01:20 PM 10/31/2008, Randy Epstein wrote: If you haven't already seen it, the great Todd Underwood of Renesys published an article today on his blog regarding this subject: http://www.renesys.com/blog/2008/10/wrestling-with-the-zombie-spri.shtml Just read through Todd's blog posting. Since

Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-11-01 Thread Marshall Eubanks
On Nov 1, 2008, at 11:37 AM, Daniel Senie wrote: At 01:20 PM 10/31/2008, Randy Epstein wrote: If you haven't already seen it, the great Todd Underwood of Renesys published an article today on his blog regarding this subject:

Re: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-11-01 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, bas [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I've heard eyeball networks refer to traffic flows as sending too.. You content hosters are sending us too much traffic, we want money to upgrade ports and transport all that traffic Complete reverse logic imho. It is always eyeball network

Re: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-11-01 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Nov 1, 2008, at 12:05 PM, Chris Adams wrote: Once upon a time, bas [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I've heard eyeball networks refer to traffic flows as sending too.. You content hosters are sending us too much traffic, we want money to upgrade ports and transport all that traffic Complete

Re: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-11-01 Thread Barrett Lyon
Patrick, To further your point about the dynamics of peering: Not to sound overly altruistic, but nowhere in there did I see, it's good for the Internet. If peering was less of a raw business decision, the Internet would be a better place. In this case, if they left it status quo and

Re: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-11-01 Thread Barrett Lyon
True... however this depeering may have created more of a mess for Sprint's marketing and their customers than they predicted, which has a negative impact on business and would not be fun to explain at a board meeting. I guess it's hard for sweater vests to understand that until it smacks

Re: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-11-01 Thread Matthew Moyle-Croft
Matthew Moyle-Croft wrote: I think it's a really odd reinterpretation of telephony concepts. In telephony interconnects are typically settlement based, sender pays receiver, in the settlement based world it seems to have gotten confused. in the settlement FREE world it seems to have

RE: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-11-01 Thread Scott Berkman
: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent bas wrote: Why does everyone keep referring to traffic flows as sendng? In this case it's not as if Cogent just randomly sends data to Sprint. I think it's a really odd reinterpretation of telephony concepts. In telephony interconnects

RE: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-11-01 Thread Tomas L. Byrnes
PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 9:46 AM To: NANOG list Subject: Re: Sending vs requesting. Was: Re: Sprint / Cogent On Nov 1, 2008, at 12:05 PM, Chris Adams wrote: Once upon a time, bas [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I've heard eyeball networks refer to traffic flows as sending too.. You

RE: Sprint / Cogent

2008-10-31 Thread Nick Hilliard
them. And they'll do it to others in future peering spats. It's just a bullying tactic - entertaining if you're on the sideline; irritating if you're Sprint. Cogent reminds me of Ethan Coen's poem, which starts: The loudest has the final say, The wanton win, the rash hold sway

Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-10-31 Thread Justin Shore
Nick Hilliard wrote: And they'll do it to others in future peering spats. It's just a bullying tactic - entertaining if you're on the sideline; irritating if you're Sprint. Cogent reminds me of Ethan Coen's poem, which starts: The loudest has the final say, The wanton win, the rash

RE: Sprint / Cogent

2008-10-31 Thread Paul Stewart
To: Nick Hilliard Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Sprint / Cogent Nick Hilliard wrote: And they'll do it to others in future peering spats. It's just a bullying tactic - entertaining if you're on the sideline; irritating if you're Sprint. Cogent reminds me of Ethan Coen's poem, which starts

Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-10-31 Thread Joe Greco
This wasn't the first time Cogent offered something similar. They did the same thing when Level3 depeered them. And they'll do it to others in future peering spats. It's just a bullying tactic - entertaining if you're on the sideline; irritating if you're Sprint. It is certainly not

Re: Depeering as an IPv6 driver (was: Re: Sprint / Cogent)

2008-10-31 Thread Carlos Friacas
On Thu, 30 Oct 2008, Brandon Galbraith wrote: On 10/30/08, Jared Mauch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 30, 2008, at 6:55 PM, Deepak Jain wrote: I wonder if judicious use of 6to4 and Teredo would allow an IPv6 (single homed) user to access now missing parts of the Internet. Me thinks, yes.

Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-10-31 Thread Marshall Eubanks
On Oct 31, 2008, at 7:47 AM, Nick Hilliard wrote: The most interesting part of the press release to me is: In the over 1300 on-net locations worldwide where Cogent provides service, Cogent is offering every Sprint-Nextel wireline customer that is unable to connect to Cogent's customers a

Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-10-31 Thread Larry Sheldon
Alex Rubenstein wrote: Why do I say stupid? Because, if companies like Sprint continue to do things like what Sprint is doing, this will certainly lead to being noticed by legislators, and the next thing we know we will have federally regulated peering or backbone network operating. I can see

Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-10-31 Thread Larry Sheldon
Larry Sheldon wrote: I think you are wrong to the extent that BOP will be under the Department Of Fairness. OOps. My bad. Ministry of Fairness.

RE: Sprint / Cogent

2008-10-31 Thread Jon Lewis
if you're Sprint. It seems to me, it's a rather empty offer though. How many Sprint customers affected by the Sprint/Cogent depeering are actually in facilities where they can get that free Cogent connection without paying for expensive backhaul to reach Cogent and already have an ASN, BGP

Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-10-31 Thread Jared Mauch
On Oct 31, 2008, at 9:52 AM, Larry Sheldon wrote: Alex Rubenstein wrote: Why do I say stupid? Because, if companies like Sprint continue to do things like what Sprint is doing, this will certainly lead to being noticed by legislators, and the next thing we know we will have federally

Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-10-31 Thread Marshall Eubanks
On Oct 31, 2008, at 10:12 AM, Jared Mauch wrote: On Oct 31, 2008, at 9:52 AM, Larry Sheldon wrote: Alex Rubenstein wrote: Why do I say stupid? Because, if companies like Sprint continue to do things like what Sprint is doing, this will certainly lead to being noticed by legislators, and

Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-10-31 Thread Brian Raaen
I would have to agree with Alex that if behavior like this doesn't stop that the Fed would get involved(regardless of which party is in office). Is this type of behavior called 'peer pressure', maybe there are care groups to help these victims. Overall... it is one thing if Sprint and Cogent

Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-10-31 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 31/10/2008 13:23, Joe Greco wrote: It is certainly not just a bullying tactic. It may be A bullying tactic, I won't even attempt to guess at the intent, but the tactic also has the very real side effect of re-establishing full connectivity to Sprint-connected sites that lose it. you-re

Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-10-31 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 9:47 AM, Alex Rubenstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why do I say stupid? Because, if companies like Sprint continue to do things like what Sprint is doing, this will certainly lead to being noticed by legislators, and the next thing we know we will have federally

RE: Sprint / Cogent

2008-10-31 Thread Randy Epstein
If you haven't already seen it, the great Todd Underwood of Renesys published an article today on his blog regarding this subject: http://www.renesys.com/blog/2008/10/wrestling-with-the-zombie-spri.shtml An aside, WV Fiber (AS19151) is currently partitioned from Cogent since AS19151 only

Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-10-31 Thread Majdi S. Abbas
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 01:20:23PM -0400, Randy Epstein wrote: We hope Sprint and Cogent work out their differences, but in the mean time, we unfortunately will remain partitioned from Cogent. Randy, This brings up something I've always wondered. Why do we have public

Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-10-31 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Oct 31, 2008, at 1:44 PM, Majdi S. Abbas wrote: On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 01:20:23PM -0400, Randy Epstein wrote: We hope Sprint and Cogent work out their differences, but in the mean time, we unfortunately will remain partitioned from Cogent. Randy, This brings up

Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-10-31 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Oct 31, 2008, at 10:33 AM, Marshall Eubanks wrote: Maybe they can bring it up at the November 4th FCC open meeting : [snip] While I agree regulation is a possible outcome, I am always amazed at the US gov't self-delusion that they can somehow regulate something like the Internet.

Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-10-31 Thread Kurt Erik Lindqvist
Sent from my iPhone On 31 okt 2008, at 19.05, Patrick W. Gilmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 31, 2008, at 10:33 AM, Marshall Eubanks wrote: Maybe they can bring it up at the November 4th FCC open meeting : [snip] While I agree regulation is a possible outcome, I am always amazed

Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-10-31 Thread Brandon Butterworth
So why do SPs keep depeering Cogent? Karma. brandon

Sprint / Cogent

2008-10-30 Thread Joe Greco
Looks like maybe Sprint and Cogent are experiencing communications difficulties in the DC (and probably other) areas. Theories include a potential depeering. ... JG -- Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me

Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-10-30 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Oct 30, 2008, at 6:08 PM, Joe Greco wrote: Looks like maybe Sprint and Cogent are experiencing communications difficulties in the DC (and probably other) areas. Theories include a potential depeering. Not a theory. -- TTFN, patrick

Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-10-30 Thread Marshall Eubanks
On Oct 30, 2008, at 6:08 PM, Joe Greco wrote: Looks like maybe Sprint and Cogent are experiencing communications difficulties in the DC (and probably other) areas. Theories include a potential depeering. I am seeing issues Cogent - Sprint at Tyco Road, Tysons Corner VA. arin_whois

Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-10-30 Thread Michal Krsek
Looks like maybe Sprint and Cogent are experiencing communications difficulties in the DC (and probably other) areas. Theories include a potential depeering. I am seeing issues Cogent - Sprint at Tyco Road, Tysons Corner VA. .. ... .. show ip bgp 206.159.101.241 % Network not in

Depeering as an IPv6 driver (was: Re: Sprint / Cogent)

2008-10-30 Thread Deepak Jain
I wonder if judicious use of 6to4 and Teredo would allow an IPv6 (single homed) user to access now missing parts of the Internet. Me thinks, yes. Deepak Joe Greco wrote: Looks like maybe Sprint and Cogent are experiencing communications difficulties in the DC (and probably other) areas.

Re: Depeering as an IPv6 driver (was: Re: Sprint / Cogent)

2008-10-30 Thread Jared Mauch
On Oct 30, 2008, at 6:55 PM, Deepak Jain wrote: I wonder if judicious use of 6to4 and Teredo would allow an IPv6 (single homed) user to access now missing parts of the Internet. Me thinks, yes. So would some CGN (Carrier Grade Nat anyone) too. Last I knew Cogent wasn't

Re: Depeering as an IPv6 driver (was: Re: Sprint / Cogent)

2008-10-30 Thread Brandon Galbraith
On 10/30/08, Jared Mauch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 30, 2008, at 6:55 PM, Deepak Jain wrote: I wonder if judicious use of 6to4 and Teredo would allow an IPv6 (single homed) user to access now missing parts of the Internet. Me thinks, yes. So would some CGN (Carrier Grade Nat

Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-10-30 Thread Paul Fleming
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/sprint-nextel-severs-its-internet-connection-to-cogent-communications,603138.shtml Brandon Galbraith wrote: On 10/30/08, Patrick W. Gilmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 30, 2008, at 6:08 PM, Joe Greco wrote: Looks like maybe Sprint and Cogent

Re: Sprint / Cogent

2008-10-30 Thread Brandon Galbraith
On 10/30/08, Paul Fleming [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/sprint-nextel-severs-its-internet-connection-to-cogent-communications,603138.shtml The most interesting part of the press release to me is: In the over 1300 on-net locations worldwide where Cogent

Sprint/Cogent Peering Issue?

2008-09-19 Thread Craig Holland
Hi, We are seeing traffic getting dropped between our Cogent and Sprint connect DC's. One of them is getting shutdown, so we just have a Cogent link there :| Anyone seeing anything similar? From: 91.102.40.18 traceroute to ops1.scc.rnmd.net (208.91.188.136), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets 1

Re: Sprint/Cogent Peering Issue?

2008-09-19 Thread Marshall Eubanks
No apparent problems from Cogent in Northern Virginia : tme$ traceroute ops1.scc.rnmd.net traceroute to ops1.scc.rnmd.net (208.91.188.136), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 dmz-mct2 (63.105.122.1) 0.754 ms 0.278 ms 0.485 ms 2 gi0-7.na21.b002176-1.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com (38.99.206.153)

Re: Sprint/Cogent Peering Issue?

2008-09-19 Thread Roy Badami
I'm seeing issues with traceroutes dying at Sprint in London, too. From our site here in the UK (transit from NTL Telewest Business) I can't reach cisco.com (but I know cisco.com is up - I can reach it from elsewhere). Apparently customers of XS4ALL in the Netherlands are seeing similar

Re: Sprint/Cogent Peering Issue?

2008-09-19 Thread Andrew Mulholland
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 06:02:37AM -0400, Marshall Eubanks wrote: No apparent problems from Cogent in Northern Virginia : Fine from Cogent in DC. Not so fine from Cogent in the Netherlands. traceroute to ops1.scc.rnmd.net (208.91.188.136), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 38.105.91.2

Re: Sprint/Cogent Peering Issue?

2008-09-19 Thread Roy Badami
FWIW, the Sprint routing issues we were seeing seem to have been resolved now, AFAICS. -roy