14 Apr
2005
14 Apr
'05
4:58 p.m.
You're missing the big picture.
No I don't think so :-)
If Cogent cared about connectivity to FT's customers, it would man up and pay for the transit to reach them. However, Cogent cares more about the long-term benefits of settlement free transit than it does about the short term benefits of being able to reach FT's customers today, so they choose not to pay for the transit in the hopes that FT will blink. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but that is the cold hard reality of the decision that they have made. It might even be the right decision. If you don't like it, no one is putting a gun to your head and making you buy Cogent (or FT) transit.
Surely FT's customers pay for access to Cogents network and vice versa?