Re: Cogent Haiku v2.0

[Patrick W. Gilmore]

On Jan 12, 2009, at 1:58 PM, Soucy, Ray wrote:

> 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.
I think you mean s/peer/transit.

--
TTFN,
patrick


> 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