Verizon and Cogent today announced an interconnection agreement that should improve Internet quality for Verizon's FiOS and DSL customers.
The good news may be thanks partly to the Federal Communications Commission decision to reclassify broadband providers as common carriers, because Cogent could have complained to the FCC if the deal wasn't signed.
Cogent, a transit provider that distributes traffic on behalf of businesses that deliver services over the Internet, has fought bitterly with Internet providers such as Verizon over whether it should have to pay for connections to their networks. Cogent has maintained that the peering agreements should remain "settlement-free," without money changing hands, and says it won't have to pay Verizon under the new agreement.
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