RE: Cogent for ISP bandwidth

["Frank Bulk" <frnkblk () iname com>]

I'm surprised the IPv6 component hasn't been brought up, yet -- Cogent's
IPv6 prefix coverage is smaller than most.  So having even two providers is
insufficient -- you really need at least three, so that if any one of the
three goes down you're not IPv6-isolated.

Frank

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Stevens [mailto:manager () monmouth com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 7:22 AM
To: nanog () nanog org
Subject: Re: Cogent for ISP bandwidth

We use Cogent as one our upstreams and have had nothing but stability 
and excellent support over the years. But as other said, you really need 
multiple upstreams and cannot rely just on one whether it is Cogent or 
any other provider.


Mark

On 5/14/2012 6:03 PM, Jason Baugher wrote:
> The emails on the Outages list reminded me to ask this question...
>
> I've done some searching and haven't been able to find much in the 
> last 3 years as to their reliability and suitability as an upstream 
> provider. For a regional ISP looking for GigE ports in the Chicago/St. 
> Louis area, is Cogent a reasonable solution? Our gut feeling is that 
> they don't stack up against a Level3 or Sprint, but they are being 
> very aggressive with pricing to try and get our business.
>
> Thanks,
> Jason