Thanks everyone... To clarify, we currently have a rack at Beanfield at 151 that we have been happy with... application/web hosting and Hosted PBX, amongst others, is what we have there... Cogent cold called us and has been aggressive at pricing us to move to their racks at 151 or North York... The move would have to be to be worth it... the idea of switching subnets upsets my stomach but it has triggered some long needed internal discussions and is being seriously considered. Really, I would love to get Beanfield quality or better and a reasonably priced SIP Trunk provider in the same room or building.
We have also found their business internet connection pricing to be fairly aggressive and looking at them for a few clients at the moment... they seem to focus on themselves as "Not Cheap", but I'm not sure what that means exactly... but I am taking the grand tour shortly. I would ultimately like to get a few providers that I can present to clients that offer internet, Virtual Trunks/SIP, etc... that are alternatives to Rogers/Bell/Telus... The client's best interest is what I have in mind. Regards, Chuck From: Philip Mullis [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: May-26-15 8:12 PM To: Chuck Mariotti Cc: asterisk Mailing Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Any feedback on Cogent Datacenters (151 + North York) and Cogent Internet Connections? Cogent over the last decade has made a pretty good come back on there reputation. Bill made a good comment on that already. Its a broad question your asking though Chuck, what are you looking at hosting or doing ? If your looking at cost effective look at ovh or soyoustart, they include the servers for less than space+power at most data-centers, don't ever use them for critical voice though. (great for web stuffs/mail) they are 3 9's . Digital oceans and vultr have 5$ ssd based high performance vm's these honestly will fit most types of applications fine (unless you have a client that wants to host windows *shudder*) Data-centers are starting to make less and less sense, the market is ridiculously competitive now. If you are going into a data-center, look at the applications and services you are going to run. If its run of the mill, look at the 3rd parties, you'll mitigate your costs and headaches of maintaining your own stuff. If its going to be some die hard setup, you will probably want to venture further down the rabbit hole and get a bgp asn and multiple internet up streams to give you better redundancy and routing options. You will also want to get on a peering ring like TORIX or several of the others. You will rarley find direct access to these at single carrier branded colos. ok that was my 2 cent rant. Happy hunting. Regards, Philip Mullis On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 2:24 PM, Chuck Mariotti <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: We haven't seen any negative feedback on them and wanted to reach out to see what people have to say or alternatives. Regards, Chuck Mariotti - CTO / Co-Founder Error! Filename not specified.<http://t.signauxsept.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs1pNd50W65jFB45w6Gk-W2BgSpx56dBs9f1C97gs02?t=http%3a%2f%2fwww.xunity.com%2f&si=5460257179959296&pi=ee5126d0-085c-4e67-89f2-a08a225c5ff9> Error! Filename not specified. Office (416) 469-5008<tel:%28416%29%20469-5008> x222 Cell (416) 318-4224<tel:%28416%29%20318-4224> Fax (416) 469-5009<tel:%28416%29%20469-5009> Error! Filename not specified.<http://t.signauxsept.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs1pNd50W65jFB45w6Gk-W2BgSpx56dBs9f1C97gs02?t=http%3a%2f%2fca.linkedin.com%2fin%2fChuckMariotti&si=5460257179959296&pi=ee5126d0-085c-4e67-89f2-a08a225c5ff9> Error! Filename not specified.<http://t.signauxsept.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs1pNd50W65jFB45w6Gk-W2BgSpx56dBs9f1C97gs02?t=https%3a%2f%2fwww.facebook.com%2fchuck.mariotti&si=5460257179959296&pi=ee5126d0-085c-4e67-89f2-a08a225c5ff9> Error! Filename not specified.<mailto:[email protected]> Error! Filename not specified.<http://t.signauxsept.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs1pNd50W65jFB45w6Gk-W2BgSpx56dBs9f1C97gs02?t=https%3a%2f%2ftwitter.com%2fChuckXYZ&si=5460257179959296&pi=ee5126d0-085c-4e67-89f2-a08a225c5ff9> Error! Filename not specified. Xunity Inc. 13 Seymour Ave. Toronto, Ontario, M4J 3T3 Error! Filename not specified. CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION - This message (which includes any attachments) is intended only for the designated recipient(s). It may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not a designated recipient, you may not review, use, copy or distribute this message. If you received this in error, please notify the sender by reply email and delete this message and all attachments, including any copies thereof. Thank you.
