Anyone else receive a "de-peering" letter from Cable & Wireless recently? It even included a friendly "a sales representative from C&W will be contacting you to offer alternative services to access 3561." We peered with MCI prior to the spin off as well as the original C&W network since 1997. Has C&W gotten so large and arrogant that they think they can de-peer with another transit free network and it won't hurt them? Who gets hurt more if a hole is created due to de-peering? The two networks in the dispute or the reputation of the Internet as an unstable network held together with loose agreements that seem to be revisited annually and always risk getting ripped apart by revenue driven management? Looks like it is time for another chapter in the "peering disputes" NANOG archive book. K -- | Kyle C. Bacon | http://www.fnsi.net | Fiber Network Solutions, Inc. | Executive Vice President & COO