On 5/18/24 08:56, Saku Ytti wrote:

As long as our toolbox only has a capitalist hammer, peering disputes
are going to be a thing. Cogent has outlived many of its peering
dispute history partners. They are the grandfather of disruptive
transit pricing, which many others have struggled to meet profitably,
and I believe they are a big reason for current transit pricing being
as low as it is in the US and EU.

Or to put it another way, if the community thought Cogent was not providing some value to them, they would no longer be in business.

Mark.