Re: Whats going on at Cogent

[Matt Perkins <matt () spectrum com au>]

Oh that's disturbing . We just signed up a few months ago for a circuit 
at an MMR and are still waiting for delivery.

Matt.


On 17/10/18 10:23 am, Ben Cannon wrote:
> Oh how funny I’m working on a billing issue with them for a circuit they turned up but didn’t connect to the MMR for 2 
> months...
>
>
> -Ben
>
> > On Oct 16, 2018, at 3:20 PM, Matt Erculiani <merculiani () gmail com> wrote:
> >
> > Speaking of Cogent service (and I know you guys are watching), I'd love
> > to get someone's help off-list turning up a p2p that has been moved to
> > billing despite being told loud and clear it doesn't work. I
> > half-expected it to not work when I found out there was a type 2
> > provider involved, but I definitely did not expect to be billed for
> > it...
> >
> > -Matt
> > > On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 12:09 PM Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net> wrote:
> > >
> > > Agreed. A couple IXes, Cogent, HE, and a couple others. Add more IXes and others as needed. Eyeballs should be fine 
> > > with the above.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----
> > > Mike Hammett
> > > Intelligent Computing Solutions
> > > http://www.ics-il.com
> > >
> > > Midwest-IX
> > > http://www.midwest-ix.com
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: "Daniel Corbe" <dcorbe () hammerfiber com>
> > > To: "DaKnOb" <daknob.mac () gmail com>
> > > Cc: "NANOG" <nanog () nanog org>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 10:44:10 AM
> > > Subject: Re: Whats going on at Cogent
> > >
> > > at 11:34 AM, DaKnOb <daknob.mac () gmail com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I guess people really don’t like Cogent judging by the fact that one
> > > > unrelated email caused all this to happen again.. :-)
> > > Cogent have more pain points on average but they’re still the best option
> > > for getting to other Cogent customers.  It’s not really hard to design
> > > around their shortcomings.   I’d rather have 30 small links and be
> > > well-connected than two large ones and be SOL because someone refuses to
> > > peer.
> > >
> > > I can’t speak to their MPLS service, because cogent’s the last company I’d
> > > ever trust with my backbone.

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