""Lupi, Guy"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > You bring up some very interesting points, I will definitely look into some > of your suggestions. I am not comparing them to each other, just wanted to > get a general idea of peoples experience with their networks and customer > service. We will be providing the loops, we have some very good > relationships with local circuit providers, and are looking into either OC3 > or OC12 connectivity to one or both. We already use Sprint, UUnet and > Internap, but as you stated the financial state of a couple of these > providers has us looking for alternatives and I heard that both of these > companies provide quality service. Thank you.
In that case, the answer is still fairly ambiguous. I don't really know what you would expect from your providers, but it is very likely that C&W and Genuity provide similar services and functionality for their IP transit as do Sprint, UUnet, and Internap. Factors I would consider is how many peers they have, their financial stability, how global their network reaches, how many closer eyeballs and content their network can provide me as opposed to a different provider, how many outages they have in comparison to other providers, how their maintenances work, how their SLA's work, what approach they take to filtering address space, if they also offer transit services for IPv6 or IP Multicast, if they offer transport services or other services that work well along with their IP transit services, how their billing works (important) - and most important - how much it's going to cost. -dre Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=48353&t=48339 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
