Re: Muni Fiber and Politics

[Vlade Ristevski <vristevs () ramapo edu>]

Thanks , makes sense. I was looking on peeringdb.com for some locations 
nearby but they're all 20+ miles .  However, there is a Telx a block 
from my house that I walk past everyday. Maybe a I can string along a 
10G connection to my basement office :)


On 8/2/2014 9:47 AM, Leo Bicknell wrote:
> On Aug 2, 2014, at 8:10 AM, Vlade Ristevski <vristevs () ramapo edu> wrote:
>
> > I might be misunderstanding this, but are you guys saying 10G Internet access to a tier 1 costs around $6,000 a month? 
> > I ask because I run a network for a small college and the best price I could get on 1Gbps Internet is about $5,500 a 
> > month with the fiber loop included which itself costs $2000-$2500.    Or are you guys discussing a different type 
> > connection?
> >
> > The quotes I got were from Cogent, Lightpath, Level 3, Verizon ($8,000)  and I think even ATT a few years back. I'm out in the NJ 
> > suburbs about 30 miles from Manhattan. If there is a cheaper way to get good bandwidth, I'm all ears. We're in Mahwah , NJ.
> I think a 10GE for $6,000 in bandwidth charges is possible, if you meet the provider.  What that means is if you are in an 
> Equinix, Coresite, Telehouse, or other sort of carrier neutral colocation point, and you're willing to make the cross 
> connect appear at the providers cage, you can get bandwidth for that price.  Basically it's the price when the provider has 
> to do zero other work, already has a large pop, and is selling large wholesale chunks.
>
> Add in a local loop, cost for a smaller pop they have to maintain, engineering and so on and your price for 1GE 30 
> miles away from such places seems perfectly reasonable to me.
>
> It's kind of the difference between driving your pickup to the quarry to get a truck load of sand, vrs buying 
> prepackaged sand at the local home improvement store.