[168929] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: carrier comparison
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Crocker)
Thu Feb 6 16:23:23 2014
From: Matthew Crocker <matthew@corp.crocker.com>
In-Reply-To: <01c101cf234e$9b272990$d1757cb0$@webjogger.net>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 16:22:56 -0500
To: Adam Greene <maillist@webjogger.net>
Cc: nanog <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
IMHO Cogent bandwidth is fine so long as it isn=92t your only =
bandwidth. Good, Cheap, Fast, Pick any two.
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On Feb 6, 2014, at 10:17 AM, Adam Greene <maillist@webjogger.net> wrote:
> Hi,
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> We're a small ISP / datacenter with a Time Warner fiber-based DIA =
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> that is coming up for renewal.=20
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> We're getting much better pricing offers from Cogent, and are finding =
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> what Level 3 can do for us as well. Both providers will use Time =
Warner
> fiber for last mile.
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> My questions are:
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> - Will we be sacrificing quality if we spring for Cogent?
> (yesterday's Cogent/Verizon thread provided some cold chills for my =
spine)
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> - Is there a risk with contracting a carrier that utilizes =
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> 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)?
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> - How are peoples' experiences with L3 vs TWC?
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> 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.=20
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> Or if there are third party tools or resources you know that I could =
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> to deduce the answers to these questions myself, they are most =
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> Thanks,
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> Adam
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