Thought this news item was interesting, given recent conversations here regarding peering (or lack thereof). ---------- Forwarded message ---------- THERE IS A WAR GOING ON! There are those who have been predicting the Internet would collapse under its new found weight. I predict it is collapsing from greed. Some of you may have noticed that certain sites on the east coast have been unreachable for the last 5 days. It is because of a disagreement between a major backbone carrier and other regional Network Access Providers. The major carrier has removed the regional carrier from their routing tables. TechKnow Times is currently investigating this story and as soon as the story details can be confirmed we will bring a special report. REMEMBER THIS: You read about this first in TechKnow Times.... Thom <Editor@TechKnowTimes.Com> ------- End Forwarded Message --------