On Sat, 18 May 2024 at 01:07, William Herrin <bill@herrin.us> wrote:
I don't understand why Cogent is allowed to operate one of the root servers. Doesn't ICANN do any kind of technical background check on companies when letting the contract?
For those who haven't been around long enough, this isn't Cogent's first depeering argument. Nor their second. And they're behaving unreasonably. I don't know any of the details -this time- but historically speaking Cogent is behaving badly -again- and you can take that to the bank.
This seems awfully simplistic, 'Cogent at 100% fault, in each case'. It doesn't match my understanding, and therein lies the problem. In my understanding of the issues, in a few of them, I would rate 100% fault at the other side. What are we asking in terms of your proposed policy change of allowing host a root DNS? You must peer with everyone and anyone, at any terms? I think we would struggle to form policy to capture the problem in a fair and equitable manner. 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. -- ++ytti