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This is a “Cogent is broken” problem and not an IPv6 is broken problem. Anyone who has to deal with getting full tables for any significant length of time know
by wolfendin 4y ago
This is a “Cogent is broken” problem and not an IPv6 is broken problem. Anyone who has to deal with getting full tables for any significant length of time knows not to single home to Cogent— they’ll do it on v4 peerings too (See their spats with AOL and Level 3)
- tgsovlerkhgsel 4y agoAs an end user, I don't have a "make Cogent behave differently" button, but I do have an "enable IPv6" button. And when turning that one off makes my internet work, and turning it on makes my internet not work, guess what.
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- toast0 4y agoCogent does supply some residential users, mostly in high density housing, but generally Cogent customers have options and can switch. That's the 'make Cogent behave differently' button of course, it doesn't work very fast. And on this issue, it may not ever work. Cogent is best used as part of a multihoming strategy, and not as an only route. Even if you take a neutral stance about their role in peering disputes, the fact that they are involved in a lot of them means if you only use them, you're likely to have less connectivity than if you had a different transit provider or multiple transit providers.