carrier comparison

Thu Feb 6 16:28:03 UTC 2014

On Feb 6, 2014, at 11:22, Joshua Goldbard <j at 2600hz.com> wrote:
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> Cogent always has the cheapest rates

Objectively, provably false.

-- 
TTFN,
patrick

> but they also have the most peering disputes of any operator. I've seen intra-data center hops between cogent and Verizon take over 150ms.
> 
> As with all things Internet, your mileage may vary. I would not put something with a 5 9'a uptime requirement on cogent without a failover circuit. For less sensitive applications it seems like a win.
> 
> The Internet is both incredibly robust and fragile simultaneously.
> 
> Cheers,
> Joshua
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Feb 6, 2014, at 8:06 AM, "Vlade Ristevski" <vristevs at ramapo.edu> wrote:
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>> We have had Cogent over Verizon's Fiber for more than a few years now. Cogent goes down once at year at minimum. They had 2 outages in a single day a couple days ago in Northern NJ.  One in the AM "..caused by a power outage in a vendor data center where Cogent is collocated." They went on to have another outage at around 9:30 PM on the same day for which I'm still waiting for an RFO. During this outage, they still were advertising our BGP routes so we didn't fail over to our 2nd provider. I notice that happens alot with them. When they go down, they still advertise your routes.
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>> As far as price goes, for us Cogent is cheap but Lightpath is cheaper.
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>> Our college is kind of far from things so we don't have a lot of outside fiber coming. The last mile fiber for both of our connections are different from our Internet providers. I've never had a big issue with the two working with each other. The only issue we had is I suspected we weren't getting as much bandwidth as we paid for. They had to work out where the policer and/or bottle neck was. This is the only issue we had in 5 years with this set up and it got resolved. IME, when there is a full outage, it's always been clear who the responsible party is.
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>>> On 2/6/2014 10:17 AM, Adam Greene wrote:
>>> Hi,
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>>> 
>>> We're a small ISP / datacenter with a Time Warner fiber-based DIA contract
>>> that is coming up for renewal.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> We're getting much better pricing offers from Cogent, and are finding out
>>> what Level 3 can do for us as well. Both providers will use Time Warner
>>> fiber for last mile.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> My questions are:
>>> 
>>> -          Will we be sacrificing quality if we spring for Cogent?
>>> (yesterday's Cogent/Verizon thread provided some cold chills for my spine)
>>> 
>>> -          Is there a risk with contracting a carrier that utilizes another
>>> carrier (such as Time Warner) for the last mile? (i.e. if there is a
>>> downtime situation, are we going to be caught in a web of confusion and
>>> finger-pointing that delays problem resolution)?
>>> 
>>> -          How are peoples' experiences with L3 vs TWC?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Although I assume everyone on the list would be interested in what others
>>> have to say about these questions, out of respect for the carriers in
>>> question, I encourage you to email frank opinions off list.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Or if there are third party tools or resources you know that I could consult
>>> to deduce the answers to these questions myself, they are most welcome.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Adam
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