I’m pretty sure cogent has had issues providing full internet connectivity via ipv6 to google and perhaps he (hurricane electric), perhaps others as well, for quite some time now. -Aaron From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of James Breeden Sent: Tuesday, January 7, 2020 7:04 PM To: Rich Kulawiec; North American Network Operators' Group Subject: RE: FYI - Suspension of Cogent access to ARIN Whois Hmm. Wonder if this can be used to cancel some cogent services... I mean, they technically aren't providing access to the full internet now. 🤷♂️🤔 Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note9, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk@gsp.org> Date: 1/7/20 7:02 PM (GMT-06:00) To: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: FYI - Suspension of Cogent access to ARIN Whois On Tue, Jan 07, 2020 at 04:54:22PM -0600, Mike Hammett wrote:
That said, if there's a stern warning about Cogent abusing the system, maybe their customers finding out is a good thing for the overall community. ;-)
And that is what I would suggest: reply to all queries with a notice that explains what is happening, why it's happening, and provides contact information for Cogent executives: preferably their *personal* email addresses and phone numbers. ---rsk