Cogent Network Status/DNS Server Status Description:
Date: 10/05/2005
Level 3 has partitioned its part of the Internet from Cogent’s
part of the Internet by denying Level 3’s
customers access to Cogent’s customers and denying Cogent’s
customers access to Level 3 customers. Level 3
terminated its peering with Cogent without cause (as permitted
under its peering agreement with Cogent)
even though both Cogent and Level 3 remained in full compliance
with the previously existing interconnection
agreement.
Many Level 3 customers can still exchange traffic with Cogent
customers because the Level 3 customer is multi-
homed, i.e. it also has a connection to Cogent or to one of the
many other networks with which Cogent has a
peering relationship. As described below Cogent is offering
a solution to Level 3 customers that are not multi-homed.
Cogent will offer any Level 3 customer, who is single homed
to the Level 3 network as of October 5, 2005,
one year of full Internet transit free of charge at the same
bandwidth currently being supplied by Level 3.
Cogent will provide this connectivity in over 1,000 locations
throughout North America and Europe.
Cogent is committed to an open Internet. The existing
interconnection facilities between Level 3 and Cogent
remain intact. Cogent hopes that Level 3 will reactivate
these connections, restoring a full level of service
to their customers.
For more information on Cogent’s offer of free Internet
transit, please call:
NORTH AMERICA: 1-877-875-4432
EUROPE: +33 (0)1 49 03 19 30
