Qwest Transit

Tue Apr 9 02:48:49 UTC 2002

All ISP's selling transit ask for strict traffic ratios.
How often do you think they get what they ask for?  I
would guess not very often.  People like flat rate 95th%
with no minimal commitment (both the seller and buyer)
because that's easy to keep track of.  Simplicity is king,
again.

Cogent's deals were to make things easy, right?

I don't know what they charge, but anyone can see that
an offer like 100Mbps for $10,000 a month makes sense
in terms of simplicity (not saying it makes sense in
terms of a transit provider making any money, tho) ;>

-dre

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Golding [mailto:dgolding at sockeye.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 6:52 PM
> To: 'Alex Rubenstein'; 'Gironda, Andre'
> Cc: 'Andy Dills'; nanog at merit.edu
> Subject: RE: Qwest Transit
> 
> 
> Hmm. Cogent does require some semi-strict traffic ratios to get the
> really good deals. If it's not violating an NDA, is Qwest asking for
> similar ones, these days?
> 
> - Dan