<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'>Crown doesn't have their own intercity fiber from Chicago, so they must be riding on someone's IRU.<br><br>I was going to recommend looking at the carrier list for CyrusOne - Aurora. While obviously not where you're wanting to go, it would provide you with a list of carriers that cater to that space and you could start on that list. Unfortunately, they don't provide that on their site anymore.<div><br></div><div>I assume that since you're on at least part of Spread Networks that latency is of at least some interest.</div><div><br></div><div>I do find it odd that CenturyLink\Level 3 couldn't provide path diversity. Maybe not being completely on the Spread path the whole way cuts down your options.<br><br><div><span name="x"></span><br><br>-----<br>Mike Hammett<br>Intelligent Computing Solutions<br>http://www.ics-il.com<br><br>Midwest-IX<br>http://www.midwest-ix.com<span name="x"></span><br></div><br><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Josh Niec" <josh.niec@tastytrade.com><br><b>To: </b>nanog@nanog.org<br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, January 22, 2020 12:45:25 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Provider Suggestions for Diverse 10g Wave CHI-NJ<br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Could anyone suggest providers for a diverse/alternative 10g wave service between Equinix in Chicago and Equinix in New Jersey (northeastern part of the state)? Currently we have a 10g wave service via the
infamous Spread Networks low-latency path between the two locations, but are looking for a second that is completely diverse with no overlaps between the two data centers.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Our current provider is Crown Castle Fiber, and half of the segment, from the Ohio area to New Jersey, is leased from Zayo (who purchased Spread) by CCF. I want diverse carriers for this other path, so Zayo/CCF
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I’ve checked with CenturyLink/Level3 who are unable to provide a completely diverse path. I have also reached out to Verizon who have been dragging me through a 3 month+ long process with no proposals so far
(they wanted me to sign the contract before showing me the actual route of the circuit, with no guarantee that it wouldn’t overlap).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#222222">Josh Niec</span></p>
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