And just to pile on the thread.. You want to be careful about buying from a tier 1 supplier. While the price is amazing, you aren't getting blended internet that has other upstream providers and some local peering thrown in.
For example, if you grab yourself 100Mbit of DIA for an unbelievable price from "Mr Big Tier 1 Backbone", you aren't getting yourself much diversity from an Internet standpoint, and certainly not local (Toronto) peering. So local users might have to go a few extra hops and a few extra miles to hit a site that would otherwise just hop through Torix. You also have a single point of failure. If something happens with the network or peering of your upstream provider and the rest of the internet, you have no routing diversity. For example, when Cogent and Level 3 argued about peering and split the Internet, you'd have been invisible or unreliable to a chunk of the world if you were only using one of those 2 vendors. Another example, when Level 3 hit their BGP entry limit last year they destabilized the Internet, and my ISP decided to stop using Level 3 for a little while until it got remediated. I'm not saying any one vendor is good or bad, I'm saying that a smart person doesn't put all their Internet routing eggs in one basket. If I had an ASN, and was simply looking to advertise my IP networks on multiple tier 1 carriers, then I'd pull the trigger on super cheap bandwidth from a couple of "Mr Big Tier 1 Backbone" providers along with setting up peering at Torix, but I don't have that yet, so I opt to buy the little more expensive blended internet that gets me network path diversity and Torix. $5 to $15 per Mbit is what I've seen (recently) for good quality blended DIA at 151 Front. And that is my 2 cw.. -Marc On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Philip Mullis <[email protected]> wrote: > Just throwing this out there, several providers offer bw from the 50cent to > one dollar range at 151. Being charged 40$ per mbit is rape. > > Ovh in montreal will.give u gige unlimited with a server for less than 200 > a month. > > I guess some people still charge what they did in 2000 and get away with > it. > On Apr 6, 2015 10:26 AM, "Lloyd Aloysius" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Ivan > > > > Thank you. Our current bandwidth pricing is expensive. > > > > Bandwidth 1 Mbps $40.00. > > > > or > > > > 350 GB Transfer = $175 per month ($0.50 per GB) overages $0.80 per GB > > 500 GB Transfer = $200 per month ($0.40 per GB) overages $0.70 per GB > > > > I will speak to one of the provider and see if I can get a connection in > my > > cabinet. > > > > > > > > Thanks > > Lloyd > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 10:04 AM, Ivan Kovacevic < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Lloyd, > > > > > > As far as I know, most DIA services are unlimited data usage (in terms > of > > > monthly bandwidth). And most providers are in 151... Level 3, > Allstream, > > > Rogers, Cogent... take your pick... Is that what you mean > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > > > Ivan Kovacevic > > > Vice President, Client Services > > > Star Telecom | www.startelecom.ca | SIP Based Services for Contact > > Centers > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Lloyd Aloysius [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 5:48 PM > > > To: Asterisk Users Group > > > Subject: [on-asterisk] 151 Front Street - Connectivity > > > > > > Hi All > > > > > > Who can provide the connectivity with unlimited data usage. Our current > > > provider charge for the usage. We do not want to change the colocation > > and > > > we want to bring in a new connection with more data usage. > > > > > > Any direction is appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks > > > Lloyd > > > > > >
