[39956] in North American Network Operators' Group
Choosing ISP for T1 connectivity -2
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alexander Avtsin)
Fri Jul 27 17:18:57 2001
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From: "Alexander Avtsin" <aavtsin@adm.com>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 17:15:41 -0400
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Hello again,
Thank you for all the information you sent to me after my original =
posting.
After hearing some "not so good" opinions regarding Genuity, I'd like to =
slightly rephrase my question:
There's a report at ispworld =
http://www.ispworld.com/isp/images/geometric_mean.gif
From the test one can see that first 14-20 positions are very similar in =
performance, so what's important for us is virtually no downtime (not in =
SLA, but in reality) and quick tech support response to troubleshoot the =
problem (ICG doesn't have tech in their POP in Newark...)
Now aside from the test, would YOU recommend one provider or another =
based on your OWN experience?
I don't think any public resource exists which compares reliability of =
backbones, including last mile link - how stable are the routers that =
handle your particular T1...If it does exist, I'll appreciate any =
pointers.
We experienced a lot of problems when ICG Newark POP went down on couple =
of occasions and they don't have a redundant link to anywhere else....
Thank you very much for you help.=20
Alex Avtsin
Network Engineer
212-924-5400 Ext:1185
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>After hearing some "not so good" opinions regarding =
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routers that handle your particular T1...If it does exist, I'll =
appreciate any=20
pointers.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>We experienced a lot of problems when ICG Newark POP =
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>212-924-5400 Ext:1185</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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