Oct
07
2005Pissing Contest Shuts Down Chunks of the Internet
07
2005
The Internet was designed to withstand nuclear warfare, but apparently not childish disagreements between backbone providers. A territorial pissing match between Level 3 and Cogent has effectively shut down huge sections of the Internet for millions of people around the United States.
How I understand it, the dispute boils down to something like this:
“Our network is bigger than yours, so you should pay us money to connect to it”
“No, our network is bigger than yours, so you should pay us money to connect to it”
“No, ours is bigger!”
“Nuh-uhhh!”
“Yes-suhhh!”
Ad infinitum…
Thanks a lot, guys, for providing an excellent argument for government regulation of the Internet backbone! That’ll make everything swell.
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