RE: Cogent <-> Verizon peering congestion

2014-02-05 Thread Ben Bridges
We've been having trouble with congestion between Verizon and Cogent in Chicago since May 2013. We had to move some traffic off of our Verizon connection to get around it. Verizon has apparently had an internal ticket open for the problem since February 2013. Their response in August 2013 was

Re: Cogent <-> Verizon peering congestion

2014-02-04 Thread James Laszko
He received a very similar response from Level3 when we complained to them about the issue. "We have contacted VZ with no response" We see pings go from 8ms to 110ms+ from our office FIOS to one of our data centers in San Diego LAX handoffs of FIOS traffic to Cogent & Level3 appears the ch

Re: Cogent <-> Verizon peering congestion

2014-02-04 Thread Charles Gucker
Just to make something clear.I do not own any stock, interest or have any official relationship with Verizon or Cogent. The opinions expressed are mine and mine alone as I have come to understand some of the relationship without the aid of any privileged information. On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at

Re: Cogent <-> Verizon peering congestion

2014-02-04 Thread Robert Glover
FYI, here's the latest response from Cogent when I prodded them about the issue (just received this about 30 minutes ago: --- The issue on this peer involves a high amount of traffic being sent to Cogent from the Verizon network. In order to resolve the congestion on that peer, Verizon needs to en

Re: Cogent <-> Verizon peering congestion

2014-02-04 Thread Edward Roels
Cogent support uses the same response when inquiring about Comcast, CenturyLink, Tata, AT&T etc. If the "Tier 1s" are really keeping each other congested, are they not creating an environment where you have to buy from each of them to have a chance at congestion free paths? Or peer around them.

Re: Cogent <-> Verizon peering congestion

2014-02-04 Thread James Laszko
Yep. Major oversub in our area (LA/SD) - worse for us is same with VZ <-> L3! James Laszko Mythos Technology Inc jam...@mythostech.com Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 4, 2014, at 3:46 PM, "Robert Glover" wrote: > > Hello, > > For the last several months, we have been tracking a congestion iss

Re: Cogent <-> Verizon peering congestion

2014-02-04 Thread Aaron
I've seen some Cogent-Sprint congestion today also. About 10% PL at the link. On 2/4/2014 6:29 PM, Edward Roels wrote: I also see major congestion from Cogent to VZ. Amongst other major networks. http://i.imgur.com/1z2ZGOr.png On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 6:44 PM, Robert Glover wrote: Hell

Re: Cogent <-> Verizon peering congestion

2014-02-04 Thread Edward Roels
I also see major congestion from Cogent to VZ. Amongst other major networks. http://i.imgur.com/1z2ZGOr.png On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 6:44 PM, Robert Glover wrote: > Hello, > > For the last several months, we have been tracking a congestion issue > between Cogent <-> Verizon > > Host Loss%