RSSLevel 3, Cogent Agree on Traffic Deal
By Ed Oswald | Published October 28, 2005, 12:08 PM
Level 3 and Cogent announced on Friday that they had agreed to terms that will keep Internet traffic flowing smoothly between customers of the two companies. Earlier this month, Level 3 cut off Cogent, creating headaches for thousands of Internet users and prompting Congress to threaten to enter the dispute.
The new deal puts caps on the volume of traffic each company can send, a sticking point for Level 3; the company had accused Cogent of overloading its servers. Other portions of the "confidential" agreement were not disclosed. "As a result of the agreement, Level 3 will not proceed with disconnection on November 9, as previously announced," Level 3 said in a statement.
Yay!
About time. Still think the folks @ Cogent were being pricks, but it's nice to actually see a decent, happy, friendly resolution without bringing in the courts or causing more mayhem on the net..
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|Interesting...what is the law in this matter? If it had not been settled, what would Congress do? What COULD Congress do? Thoughts to ponder...
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|Currently, AFAIK, there *is* no law for this. If it were to continue, congress would have had to wing it on this one, and a plethora of lawsuits would have no-doubt ensued, as they do in all things.
Just glad it's done with and we can all breath a little easier until Cogent shrugs and decides it doesn't want to follow this agreement either. I was kinda hoping someone would lay the smack-down on them this time, but they keep getting away with this crap.
Ah well.
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