Re: [AFMUG] HE vs Cogent

2022-01-24 Thread Mike Hammett
I've seen it... everywhere. It's foolish for them to do anything else. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Dennis Burgess" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Monday,

Re: [AFMUG] HE vs Cogent

2022-01-24 Thread Erich Kaiser
Most IXs have HE routes as well, so we pull those in from the IXs. Erich Kaiser er...@northcentraltower.com Office: 815-570-3101 On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 5:08 PM Erich Kaiser wrote: > We have been doing local peering for CDNs and Telia for remaining routes > and Cogent last resort for

Re: [AFMUG] HE vs Cogent

2022-01-24 Thread Erich Kaiser
We have been doing local peering for CDNs and Telia for remaining routes and Cogent last resort for years with no major issues. We peer with Telia in multiple locations throughout the US and also take in local peering routes from local IXs and PNIs. Peering traffic is preferred to our customer

Re: [AFMUG] HE vs Cogent

2022-01-24 Thread Daniel Pautz via AF
The one thing I will say between the two of them (we have multi 100G ports with both HE, Cogent and a dozen other providers). The only way to get good prices with HE is on fixed ports, Cogent and most other providers allow bursting / aggregated setups which saves a ton of money if you need

Re: [AFMUG] HE vs Cogent

2022-01-24 Thread Josh Luthman
Does that include the BGP fee or did you get that excluded? On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 9:31 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > 10g 12 months $650 > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 23, 2022, at 7:09 PM, TJ Trout wrote: > >  > I think they will always match one another because they are fierce >

Re: [AFMUG] HE vs Cogent

2022-01-24 Thread Dennis Burgess
In our case, we had a 10gig HE unpaid peering direct. Our customers backup provider, providing around 500 meg had a paid transit to HE, they sent ALL traffic to the paid transit, though another AS. They ALWAYS prefer their paid transits, even over direct peering’s. I have only seen this on

Re: [AFMUG] HE vs Cogent

2022-01-24 Thread TJ Trout
That's an amazing deal, great work! On Sun, Jan 23, 2022, 6:30 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > 10g 12 months $650 > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 23, 2022, at 7:09 PM, TJ Trout wrote: > >  > I think they will always match one another because they are fierce > competitors, what was the