Re: Cogent / AOL peering issues

2002-12-18 Thread Richard A Steenbergen
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 10:00:48PM -0500, Gil Cohen wrote: > > 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.

Cogent / AOL peering issues

2002-12-18 Thread Gil Cohen
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