Re: Hurricane Electric AS6939

[Darin Steffl <darin.steffl () mnwifi com>]

In Minnesota, hurricane has the lowest latency and most routes out of our
state. I can reach most destinations with lower latency than any other
carrier I've tested.

Their NOC is great and easy to reach. Billing is perfect and predictable
with no hidden fees or surcharges in the fine print. And their pricing is
some of the best out there.

They peer with anyone who wants to peer and they're on more IX's than any
other provider.

You would do well to add them to your mix and remove one of the other ones.
I'd probably remove spectrum and replace with HE. We've only had 30 minutes
of downtime total in 5 years so they've been very reliable for us.

On Tue, Oct 13, 2020, 7:01 PM Brandon Martin <lists.nanog () monmotha net>
wrote:

> 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.
> --
> Brandon Martin