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a standard precondition for no-cost traffic swapping. This time, however, Sprint's objection was that the direct links between the two giant networks hadn't carried enough traffic under the terms of the contract.
Schaeffer, who is no stranger to fights with other backbone companies, says he felt scammed. To get the deal done, Cogent had paid Sprint $478,000 for the connection during the 90-day trial. Now Sprint said that since test was a a cold war. Rather than disconnect its direct link to Cogent, Sprint instead began sending it bills: typically around $100,000 per month. Every month, Cogent refused to pay, saying it had earned a free connection under the contract. By the end of July 2008, a total of $1.2 million in failure, Cogent would have to keep paying. Schaeffer refused, arguing that Sprint's objection about too-low volumes was bogus. (Was it? That gets technical.) Schaeffer quickly concluded Sprint never intended to establish a no-cost link to Cogent. (Sprint denies that charge.)The two companies entered