> You're missing the big picture. No I don't think so :-)
> If Cogent cared about connectivity to FT's customers, it > would man up and pay for the transit to reach them. However, > Cogent cares more about the long-term benefits of settlement > free transit than it does about the short term benefits of > being able to reach FT's customers today, so they choose not > to pay for the transit in the hopes that FT will blink. Not > that there is anything wrong with that, but that is the cold > hard reality of the decision that they have made. It might > even be the right decision. If you don't like it, no one is > putting a gun to your head and making you buy Cogent (or FT) transit. Surely FT's customers pay for access to Cogents network and vice versa?