Pardon my ignorance, what is peering?
Peering is when two parties exchange bandwidth at no cost to either side (as
opposed to paid transit, or rather confusingly, "paid peering"). Major
backbones peer to ensure that each other's customers are reachable from either
side (they also do a type of peeri
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> > I had Qwest for 3 years. The only latency issue I had was where a 50ms
delay
> &
I had Qwest for 3 years. The only latency issue I had was where a 50ms delay
just hopping into their system.
I consider that to be a huge latency issue. This happens in Seattle also. 50ms
/minimum/ ping to anywhere is outrageous.
The peering issue is even bigger, though, imho.
Admittedly, my measly
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> > qwest offers 896 up and 1.5M down, for $28a month, plus ISP fees, about
> > $
qwest offers 896 up and 1.5M down, for $28a month, plus ISP fees, about
$50/month.
Trust me, you're not missing out by not being able to use Qwest. Qwest is the
worst backbone I've had to deal with in terms of latencies. It doesn't even
peer with any major NSP in Seattle; we use InterNAP, which is
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> > I'm not sure I understand your question. All I was saying is it's going
> I'm not sure I understand your question. All I was saying is it's going
> to be a little spendy to run this setup from home. It sounds as if he
> got pretty lucky where he was at and got a very reliable service. He's
> going to want to get an sDSL line and just see how it works. Maybe the
> p
Stan Stefan wrote:
I am paying 130$ for a 256/256 kbits internet and 512/512 kbits intranet
(metropolitan)
Now M0gely , do you think that your internet companies are asking for a
lot? More then are asking my "companies" ?
I'm not sure I understand your question. All I was saying is it's going
to
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I didn't find out about the crap phone lines until it was too late, I'm
stuck here for the duration of the lease :(
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> Ooks Server wrote:
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> > What are the alternatives? Colo is out - I want the band
Ooks Server wrote:
> What are the alternatives? Colo is out - I want the bandwidth in my
> home, not someone else's office.
Heh, what do you want? Your only other possible options are ISDN or
commercial line. In either case you already complained about price so
thats out. And thats ironic when y
Why don't you just move somewhere there's better bandwidth?
Dave
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Problem:
Problem: Crap phone lines, so I may not be able to get DSL in my new home.
Cable modem absolutely sucks, their residential plans don't give enough
upload bandwidth, and they have very anal-retentive usage restrictions.
Their business plans are pathetic and very badly over-priced. What are the
alte
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