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IMHO:</div>
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<li>Zayo = worse coverage/connectivity, adequate connectivity to other Tier1/Tier2, massive fiber network</li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
HE = less redundancy built into their network, but best-connected to leaves/edges of the internet (and still good connectivity to core)</li></ul>
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Others may have had different experiences, but that's what I see from where I sit.</div>
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-Adam</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:#44546A">Adam Thompson</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt; color:#44546A"><br>
Consultant, Infrastructure Services<br>
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<a href="http://www.merlin.mb.ca/"><span style="color:#44546A">www.merlin.mb.ca</span></a></span></p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> NANOG <nanog-bounces+athompson=merlin.mb.ca@nanog.org> on behalf of James Lumby <james@jlent.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> April 19, 2021 16:30<br>
<b>To:</b> nanog@nanog.org <nanog@nanog.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Zayo or HE for IP transit</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">What is the current experience with Zayo or HE? I�m looking at possibly adding one of them into a mix of cogent and a mix from my datacenter. Would be using BGP full routes. Any experiences would be appreciated.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Sincerely, </p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">James</p>
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