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Chrysalis · 16-09-2008, 13:50

I have seen weird routing myself with other isps.

eg. on ukonline (easynet) I was going to leaseweb via cogent, congestion galore on the route. It turned out easynet peer with AMS-IX directly (leaseweb also do), leaseweb noticed easynet had preferenced cogent so turned of cogent on the route for me and I now go over a congestion free direct peering link. Easynet didnt respond so I was lucky leaseweb were cooperative.

I expect traffic for leaseweb to ams-ix is free and cogent is not, hence them also keen to switch the routing.

16-09-2008, 13:50	#31
Chrysalis Inactive Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,047	Re: Virgin Media to possibly peer with LINX (London Internet Exchange) I have seen weird routing myself with other isps. eg. on ukonline (easynet) I was going to leaseweb via cogent, congestion galore on the route. It turned out easynet peer with AMS-IX directly (leaseweb also do), leaseweb noticed easynet had preferenced cogent so turned of cogent on the route for me and I now go over a congestion free direct peering link. Easynet didnt respond so I was lucky leaseweb were cooperative. I expect traffic for leaseweb to ams-ix is free and cogent is not, hence them also keen to switch the routing.