Re: Input Regarding Cogent and NTT

[Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net>]

A lot of people knock Cogent, but the best way to get to Cogent's customer's is probably through Cogent. Given that 
they do have a very large network, they're worth picking up even if you only use them for customer routes. 




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Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 
http://www.ics-il.com 



----- Original Message -----

From: "Jack Stonebraker" <Jack.Stonebraker () mygrande com> 
To: nanog () nanog org 
Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2015 11:24:59 AM 
Subject: Input Regarding Cogent and NTT 

My organization is currently shopping for some additional Transit Capacity to augment our existing interconnects. We've 
got around 8 distinct AS's that we're receiving transit routes from, followed by a handful of Public IX's and Private 
PNI's to AS's that warrant them. That said, the networks that are on our radar are Cogent and NTT. I've done some due 
diligence poking around on their Looking Glass, but I'd love to hear any user experiences from the community, both from 
a Layer 3 Perspective, as well as an Operational Perspective (Working with the businesses themselves). Feel free to 
contact me off-list and thanks in advance for your time. 

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Jack Stonebraker | Sr. IP Network Engineer 
(512) 878-5627 | jack.stonebraker () mygrande com<mailto:john.hogan () mygrande com> 
Grande Communications Networks 
401 Carlson Circle | San Marcos, Texas | 78666