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I have seen pricing as low as ten US cents on a full 100 GigE port. In other words, $10K. Tier 1 provider for what it's worth. I think there are Tier 2 providers that can compete with Cogent and Hurricane on price.<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> NANOG <nanog-bounces+rod.beck=unitedcablecompany.com@nanog.org> on behalf of Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 17, 2021 7:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Viable Third Option?</font>
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">This is from the perspective of an eyeball network. I understand that content networks would have different objectives and reasons. For instance, I have little to no reason as an eyeball
network to exchange traffic with any other eyeball network (aside from P2P games). For a content network, getting into the eyeball networks is their objective.</span></font></div>
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My crystal ball tells me this thread will spiral out of control because people won't be able to keep it on topic, but it is a question that I hear VERY often. I also expect a lot of purely bad or outdated information to get thrown out.</span></font>
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Please try to keep it on topic and not being pedantic over relatively unimportant details.</div>
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There are two major low-cost providers, Cogent and HE.</div>
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Cogent</div>
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<li><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px">Refuses to peer IPv6 with HE</span></font></li><li><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px">Refuses to peer IPv6 with Google</span></font></li><li><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px">Aggressive sales tactics</span></font></li></ul>
<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px">Hurricane</span></font></div>
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<li><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px">Doesn't have Cogent IPv6 because of Cogent's refusal</span></font></li><li><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px">Lack of communities for anything other than blackholes</span></font></li></ul>
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px">I know there are a variety of other providers such as Fusion Network that operate at similar price points, but are available in way fewer locations.</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px">What else is out there? Anyone else that isn't 5x, 10x the cost?</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px">Cogent and HE get looked down upon (and sometimes deservedly so), but when I talk to someone trying to sell me a port in 350 Cermak for 8x the cost of Cogent and HE, you better
have a very good argument for why you're worth it... and they never do. "We're not Cogent." "and?" Many times I'm quoted transit that costs more than Cogent + IX + HE and they don't really have a good argument for it.</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px">As an eyeball, I join an IX and there goes 50% - 85% of my traffic and almost all of my traffic that anyone is going to notice or complain about if there are issues (video streaming).</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px">I do understand that enterprise eyeballs may have different requirements.<br>
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