[46820] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: genuity - any good?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Thu Apr 11 20:41:02 2002
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 20:40:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
To: matthew zeier <matthew@velvet.org>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, matthew zeier wrote:
> I've gotten attractive pricing from Genuity but I haven't used them in a
> couple years. Is there any reason I wouldn't want to use them as a third
> upstream OC3 provider?
I love Genuity's latest set of commercials. Who doesn't have a "legacy"
in their network? Much better than Black Rocket (anything would have been
better).
For Internet stuff they are very good. Genuity is a bi-coastal provider,
lots of business on the east and west coast, only a little in the middle
of the country. They don't have as high a brand recognition as some other
providers, and they don't have a multi-product (long-distance, cell
phones, etc) sales force. Genuity is one of a few providers I would
recommend as a primary ISP. As a tertiary provider, they might be a
bit pricey in comparison to some of the other bit-mover providers. But
when you need NOC support, they are top-notch.
