[38749] in North American Network Operators' Group
cogentco.com technical analysis?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Murphy, Brennan)
Tue Jun 12 18:31:52 2001
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From: "Murphy, Brennan" <Brennan_Murphy@NAI.com>
To: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 15:36:40 -0700
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I was wondering if anyone had any experience with Cogent Inc. They are
one of the companies offering high speed internet (fast ethernet/GigE) at
rock
bottom prices. :-)
I know the adage "you get what you pay for" typically applies but
I was looking for some concrete end user experiences. I'm not trying to
break the charter of this mailing list by devoting a discussion to various
emotion based opinions about a particular vendor. I am actually seeking
technical opinions on whether what is being advertised is actually
being delivered with reliability. More specific questions: do Cogent's
peering arrangements seem adequate to the amount of bandwidth
they are offering? Or are these major bottlenecks to an otherwise
good network? Are any of Cogent's competitors worth taking a look
at? Any non-obvious reason why? Does anyone have any statistics to provide
that paints a picture
about what you get from their products? I guess if enough people
complained that this was too off topic, I could still request direct
replies and I could put a summary together for any interested parties.
But I reread the charter before putting this together and it seems
fair game. When is Worldcom, et al going to start offering these
products? ( maybe when companies like cogent start succeeding?)
Thanks,
-BM
