We peer with Cogent. They are very competitive in terms of pricing. To be honest, Cogent has been pretty good to us. As long as you have a 2nd peer (which it sounds like you do) for backup I'd say they're a pretty safe bet. The only problem I've had with Cogent is that they're still not ready to route IPv6. The whole "you get what you pay for" talk is nonsense in my book, you're paying top dollar with places like Sprint because they use the income to subsidize their other efforts that are taking a loss. Ray Soucy Communications Specialist +1 (207) 561-3526 Communications and Network Services University of Maine System http://www.maine.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: Mike Bartz [mailto:mob@bartzfamily.net] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 12:54 PM To: neal rauhauser Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Cogent Haiku v2.0 I like the haiku! On a serious note, we are considering getting a connection from Cogent. We currently have connections to at&t, Level 3 and TW Telecom. The low cost and high number of peer AS number's seems appealing to us. Every carrier has its issues, so I don't know what to make of the apparent negativity that I am seeing in these haiku threads. I am looking for some first hand experiences to help me make this decision. Thanks for any assistance! Mike On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 9:59 PM, neal rauhauser <nrauhauser@gmail.com> wrote:
Cogent makes a mess My phone rings and rings Unfornicate this!
-- Mike Bartz mob@bartzfamily.net