On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 10:00:48PM -0500, Gil Cohen wrote:
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> I think AOL purchases transit from L(3), so by Cogent pushing all their
> AOL-bound traffic through their L(3) peering pipes, they're hoping that
> it'll push AOL's transit bill up. This is going to be their playing card. I
> think.
Some possibly good information about what's going on:
Cogent had a "test" peering arrangement with AOL. That means that it was
just a test to see what the ratio of cogent/aol traffic is to see whether or
not they qualify for a real peering arrangement. Cogent did not meet that
requirement, so AOL