p2pnet - rss feed: Cogent, TeliaSonera: playing P2P chicken?
p2pnet news | P2P:- Customers of US-based Cogent Communications and Sweden’s TeliaSonera AB are having very definite peer-to-peer problems.
They can’t talk to each other online —-
—- unless they also have back-up connections from other companies.
And that means some US sites hosted by Cogent customers aren’t accessible in Nordic countries where TeliaSonera is the largest telecommunications operator, says the Associated Press..
“It’s like Cogent and TeliaSonera customers are on different Internets.”
But this isn’t a first, says the story.
Now and then, Net companies indulge in what Earl Zmijewski, general manager for a company which keeps track of how carriers route traffic, calls playing chicken.
“If they’re fighting over a contract, they disconnect each other, and wait to see who blinks first,” continues AP. “The number of irate customers each company faces will probably determine who does.”
Cogent’s David Schaeffer said the two firms had a “peering” contract, under which they exchanged traffic from each other’s customers, with neither company paying the other for access, says AP, adding:
“But TeliaSonera continuously breached the terms of the contract by not exchanging traffic in certain locations, and refusing to upgrade connections that were saturated, Schaeffer said. “That forced Cogent traffic to take long detours, according to Schaeffer.”
The result?
Cogent cut its direct links to TeliaSonera on March 13, says AP, adding:
“Schaeffer said TeliaSonera’s reluctance to improve the connections to Cogent were probably due to Cogent’s recent expansion in the Nordic company’s home territory.”
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Also See:
Associated Press - US-Swedish Carrier Spat ‘Breaks’ Net, March 19, 2008
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