Previously, Mark Radabaugh (mark@amplex.net) wrote:
Subject: Verio as an DS3 upstream provider - comments?
I'm looking into possibly using Verio as an additional upstream provider.
If you have any experience with Verio, can you give me any feedback on them? Thanks.
- mz
Given the rapidly shrinking size of the geographic area served, the sale of all of the dialup business to Earthlink and the closure of many of the data centers I would not be surprised to see significant depeering with Verio in the near future.
Empty datacenters don't push or pull bandwidth. Closing those hardly affects peering policy. I don't see this as a major concern at the moment.
Billing is an utter basket case. I really like the part where Verio closed the Toledo POP and left town but is still billing us for service. I'm waiting for them to call and threaten to shut us off - that should be a fairly humorous conversation.
I still like the fact that the Toledo POP fit in the trunk of my car, but that's beside the point - the important thing is that I still owe you a hot dog next time I'm in town. :-)
The network itself was decent. Good connectivity and low latency but I wouldn't expect it to last much longer.
Speaking for extensive personal experience - Verio has a heck of a backbone. And if you're in one of the cities they plan on continuing to provide access in, then they'd be a viable option - If you know what you're doing and don't need much support from your upstream. -- Douglas A. Dever doug@usvoicedata.com