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Re: Cogent for ISP bandwidth


From: "Justin Krejci" <jkrejci () usinternet com>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 14:03:05 +0000

+1 for cogent, problem free and good responsive support.

Not sure why "don't use only 1 upstream if you care about accessibility" has anything to do with cogent specifically. 
Are peering/de-peering disputes more likely to occur than all other network/routing issues combined? its just another 
possible cause for an outage.



------Original Message------
From: Mark Stevens
To: nanog () nanog org
ReplyTo: manager () monmouth com
Subject: Re: Cogent for ISP bandwidth
Sent: May 15, 2012 7:21 AM

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







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