For a while, I thought I broke BlogSpot, but at least that was just planned maintenance. On a more-serious note, CNET is reporting that Level 3 Communications has cut off its direct “peering” connections to Cogent Communications. It seems Level 3 wants payment from Cogent for the “privilege” to directly connect (“peer”) to it, while Cogent feels it’s large enough to continue the common courtesy for like-sized networks to have those peer connections. They couldn’t agree, so Level 3 shut off those connections to Cogent.
Bottom line; if your ISP has chosen sides, there’s a slew of websites you can’t get to until either Level 3 and Cogent reach an agreement or your ISP decides to “hard-wire” a back-door. For example, I as a RoadRunner customer can’t get to the Drudge Report because RoadRunner depended on Level 3’s “peering” to connect to the Cogent network.
Unnngh! My first typo (at least the first one I noticed). It’s fixed.
Update #2; where’s the blanking SpellCheck? :-)
Hey wheels, great blogspot. I love the format, colors & the ramblings. I had no idea thee was a net war!
For us spelling challenged folks, there is my favorite, Tiny Spell.