> The Verizon/Cogent or L3 peering points are nowhere near the local loop.
Do you have some kind of cite for this? If it didn't already matter which Verizon peering point they were using then it wouldn't matter if any particular one was congested because Cogent could just dump the traffic on a different one in a different city.
Is your point that Level 3 isn't a Tier 2 network but Verizon is? Obviously Level 3 is going to peer with Verizon somewhere in Greater Los Angeles and Verizon would carry the traffic from there to Long Beach or whatever. But then you would seem to be suggesting that the Tier 1 network should be paying the Tier 2 network.
> Verizon isn't a fake T1, it's a real honest to goodness T1.
The Tier 1 network they own is not fictional, it is only not relevant. The traffic for Verizon's customers in Los Angeles is not delivered to Verizon in New York.
Do you have some kind of cite for this? If it didn't already matter which Verizon peering point they were using then it wouldn't matter if any particular one was congested because Cogent could just dump the traffic on a different one in a different city.
Is your point that Level 3 isn't a Tier 2 network but Verizon is? Obviously Level 3 is going to peer with Verizon somewhere in Greater Los Angeles and Verizon would carry the traffic from there to Long Beach or whatever. But then you would seem to be suggesting that the Tier 1 network should be paying the Tier 2 network.
> Verizon isn't a fake T1, it's a real honest to goodness T1.
The Tier 1 network they own is not fictional, it is only not relevant. The traffic for Verizon's customers in Los Angeles is not delivered to Verizon in New York.