[110601] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cogent Haiku v2.0
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Mon Jan 12 15:28:24 2009
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <36243D984F88BA4ABD1E0EFC1E61B989652091@fudd.ad.maine.edu>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:45:32 -0500
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On Jan 12, 2009, at 1:58 PM, Soucy, Ray wrote:
> We peer with Cogent. They are very competitive in terms of pricing.
> To be honest, Cogent has been pretty good to us. As long as you
> have a
> 2nd peer (which it sounds like you do) for backup I'd say they're a
> pretty safe bet.
I think you mean s/peer/transit.
--
TTFN,
patrick
> The only problem I've had with Cogent is that they're still not
> ready to
> route IPv6.
>
> The whole "you get what you pay for" talk is nonsense in my book,
> you're
> paying top dollar with places like Sprint because they use the
> income to
> subsidize their other efforts that are taking a loss.
>
> Ray Soucy
> Communications Specialist
>
> +1 (207) 561-3526
>
> Communications and Network Services
>
> University of Maine System
> http://www.maine.edu/
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Bartz [mailto:mob@bartzfamily.net]
> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 12:54 PM
> To: neal rauhauser
> Cc: nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: Re: Cogent Haiku v2.0
>
> I like the haiku! On a serious note, we are considering getting a
> connection from Cogent. We currently have connections to at&t, Level
> 3 and TW Telecom. The low cost and high number of peer AS number's
> seems appealing to us. Every carrier has its issues, so I don't know
> what to make of the apparent negativity that I am seeing in these
> haiku threads. I am looking for some first hand experiences to help
> me make this decision.
>
> Thanks for any assistance!
>
> Mike
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 9:59 PM, neal rauhauser <nrauhauser@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Cogent makes a mess
>> My phone rings and rings
>> Unfornicate this!
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Mike Bartz
> mob@bartzfamily.net
>
>
