Cogent Considerations [was: Re: Cogent Haiku v2.0]

Mon Jan 12 18:59:23 UTC 2009

On 1/12/09, Jim Shankland <nanog at shankland.org> wrote:
>
> Adam Young wrote:
>
>> I wouldn't take my word for it but truthfully, you get what you pay for.
>>  Given you have other, more reliable transit, adding Cogent may be ok.
>> I wouldn't rely on it for anything serious though.
>>
>
> That has not been my experience.  Peering wars have been an issue, but
> aside from that, they've been fine.  (This is transit in San Francisco
> at the gigabit-plus level.)
>
> Jim Shankland
>
>
Seconded. We also have Cogent for gigabit transit. I had far more problems
in the short time we used Level3 for transit than I've had with Cogent.

-brandon

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