> > [hey you techies, is this as odd as it seems?]
>>
>> At 1:53 PM -0400 10/6/05, MOTD [Panix] wrote:
>>
>>> (The following article has been automatically mirrored from MOTD)
>>>
>>> (Posted by Ed Ravin [staff]) Thu, Oct 06 2005 -- 1:44 PM
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Some sites on the Internet hosted by Cogent Networks have been
>>> unreachable from Panix since Wednesday morning, due to a spat
>>> between Cogent and our provider, Level3 Networks, who are no longer
>>> passing traffic between their networks.
>>>
>
>not clear what you mean by 'strange'? the level3-cogent scrap has been
>noted and watched on NANOG for a few weeks now. are you asking about NAP
>routing in the absence of peering?
I'm speaking from a user's POV - it seems strange that I wouldn't be able to reach certain websites because two providers are acting like 50 Cent vs. Ja Rule. Is there a precedent for this?
Doug