Re: Hurricane Electric AS6939

[Brandon Martin <lists.nanog () monmotha net>]

On 10/13/20 7:29 PM, Aaron Gould wrote:
> Do y’all like HE for Internet uplink?  I’m thinking about using them for 100gig in Texas.  It would be for my eyeballs 
> ISP.  We currently have Spectrum, Telia and Cogent.

They're a good bulk/budget option in a blend.  A decent number of 
content hosts are keen to source traffic into them.  I would be loathe 
to be single-homed to them, but even then they're not the worst option 
in that department.

If you've already got Telia, Spectrum, and Cogent, 6939 is probably a 
great addition to your blend.

They'll probably want a 5yr contract out of you to get their best (and 
headline per-Mbps) rate.  Evaluate carefully what position that puts you 
in based on the continually dropping cost of wholesale transit and bulk 
interconnect opportunities.  You may prefer a shorter contract term at 
slightly higher rates.

As others said, if you don't need full routes from them, they have a 
VERY open peering policy, and that 100G port might be better suited to a 
local IX where you can pick them up along with a bunch of other content 
networks.
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Brandon Martin