When an Internet backbone dispute reaches everyone · Proposed air date:
Dr. Dave explains the informal peering relationships that let Internet backbone providers exchange traffic and the fragility revealed when Level 3 disconnected Cogent. A dispute between large companies rippled through layers of providers until ordinary users could no longer reach parts of the Internet and their local support staff did not know why.
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Proposed recording date: 2005-10-08. The exact broadcast date may differ.
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