[188344] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: 10gig pricing with Verizon crazy?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Wed Mar 16 17:59:56 2016
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
In-Reply-To: <ECD0779D-C19C-4561-90B7-CE7DB6D2F894@dino.hostasaurus.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 17:58:37 -0400
To: David Hubbard <dhubbard@dino.hostasaurus.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
> On Mar 16, 2016, at 5:48 PM, David Hubbard =
<dhubbard@dino.hostasaurus.com> wrote:
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> Curious if anyone has had similar experience; looking for a 10gig =
transit circuit at a colo, contacted VZ as they=E2=80=99re on net in the =
facility, quoted me an astronomical amount at 10-20x going rates these =
days. I=E2=80=99m curious if I just happened across a bad rep and =
should dig further, or that=E2=80=99s par for the course? Rep was =
comfortable talking about BGP, v4/v6, etc. so I felt like I was talking =
to the right person until I saw the price lol.
In the brief period of time when I was not at my current employer I had =
a similar experience. It wasn=E2=80=99t even worth my time to negotiate =
with them for a proper price, I basically told them they were way too =
high and moved on.
I=E2=80=99ve heard the right reps can get the proper pricing, but I =
wonder how much this is facility costs vs something else.
Carriers in my experience are pretty good at knowing their local market =
options, and unless you=E2=80=99re all going to locked-in 701 eyeballs =
it may be worthwhile to talk to someone else.
- Jared
