Spat between ISPs makes sites unreachable...

[Blanchimont]

I have been having some serious trouble lately reaching a number of sites, and this is the reason for it;
The Telia-Cogent Spat Could Ruin the Web For Many - GigaOM
Telia users having trouble connecting to AfterDawn

Swedish telecom operator Telia and U.S.-based connectivity provider Cogent Communications have gotten into an ugly spat and have stopped interconnecting, according to some of my sources in the telecom business. What this essentially means is that Telia’s DSL customers could have trouble seeing Cogent-connected web services. The bickering could be because one of the two parties feel they need to be paid for the traffic they are sending. I am looking into this and have emails out to all my sources in the bandwidth business, and will update accordingly. (If you have any information, drop me a line.) Cogent had previously gotten into a slugfest with Level 3 Communications.

In my case, some sites are totally unaccessible right now(for example box, ww#w.archive.org), others only work once in a while(scarywater, isohunt..), and others that are affected to lesser degree(like datorrents, ie it becomes unaccessible at times, but seldom...).

I'm posting the above news just incase someone else is having similar problems and wonders why.

I do hope they'll be able to solve their argument soon so everything starts working again...
But if it isn't done within reasonable time, I'll seriously consider switching my isp, and probably will...

Sincerely, Blanchimont

[KiraRin]

It seems that some people in the UAE have been having similar issues over at isohunt...

isoHunt Forums :: View topic - isoHunt.com blocked in Dubai?

They're even struggling to get proxy servers...

H.

[Blanchimont]

Well, the spat seems to be over^^... I think.

At least I can reach the previously unreachable sites again...