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