[46715] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Qwest Transit
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gironda, Andre)
Mon Apr 8 22:49:50 2002
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From: "Gironda, Andre" <agironda@ebay.com>
To: 'Daniel Golding' <dgolding@sockeye.com>,
'Alex Rubenstein' <alex@nac.net>
Cc: 'Andy Dills' <andy@xecu.net>, nanog@merit.edu
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 19:48:49 -0700
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All ISP's selling transit ask for strict traffic ratios.
How often do you think they get what they ask for? I
would guess not very often. People like flat rate 95th%
with no minimal commitment (both the seller and buyer)
because that's easy to keep track of. Simplicity is king,
again.
Cogent's deals were to make things easy, right?
I don't know what they charge, but anyone can see that
an offer like 100Mbps for $10,000 a month makes sense
in terms of simplicity (not saying it makes sense in
terms of a transit provider making any money, tho) ;>
-dre
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Golding [mailto:dgolding@sockeye.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 6:52 PM
> To: 'Alex Rubenstein'; 'Gironda, Andre'
> Cc: 'Andy Dills'; nanog@merit.edu
> Subject: RE: Qwest Transit
>
>
> Hmm. Cogent does require some semi-strict traffic ratios to get the
> really good deals. If it's not violating an NDA, is Qwest asking for
> similar ones, these days?
>
> - Dan
