Cogent Reviews?

Fri Jul 20 01:56:19 UTC 2001

Michael,

Thanks for this heads up; much appreciated. With what other providers have
you discussed fiber-optic deals? What kind of lead times do they require,
and what kind of pricing? I'd like to set this up quickly and cheaply. =)

Yours,
 -david

----- Original Message -----
From: <michael at aplatform.com>
To: "David E. Weekly" <dweekly at legato.com>
Cc: <nanog at merit.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: Cogent Reviews?

Hello David,

>From other providers.  My point being just read the fine print.  If it
says $1000 for 100mbps thats cool.  Just ake sure its for the full pipe.

Michael...

On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, David E. Weekly wrote:

> Michael,
>
> These were quotes from Cogent? Or another provider?
>
> Yours,
>  -david
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <michael at aplatform.com>
> To: "David E. Weekly" <dweekly at legato.com>
> Cc: <nanog at merit.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 5:10 PM
> Subject: Re: Cogent Reviews?
>
>
> Hello David,
>
> In my deelings with co-lo.. Quotes that I have gotten in the past were
> around $1000 for a 100mbps feed. But in the fine context of the quotes its
> up to 10mbps then price increases based upon usage above the 10mbps.  Not
> sure if yours is like that so read the fine print.
>
> Michael...
>
> On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, David E. Weekly wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi, all. I'm looking to start a non-profit community colocation facility
> in
> > Silicon Valley, and it seemed to me that Cogent Communications had the
> best
> > deal on getting a big chunk of bandwidth ($1000/months for 100mbps).
> >
> > Are there comparable deals out there, or is Cogent the only one at this
> > price point? Do they have good peering? What kind of latency/throughput
> does
> > one get over their network? Do they have any customers? Any of you use
> > Cogent?
> >
> > Thanks *so* much for any of your input; we're hoping to keep costs way
> down,
> > any input on this would be much appreciated.
> >
> > Yours,
> >  -david
> >
> >
> >
>
>