Well, take a list of Tier1s: AT&T Qwest Savvis DT XO GTT Verizon Sprint Telia NTT Level3 Tata Zayo Cogent FT Seabone
Remove any that only have BGP PoPs in docklands or no UK POP, this leaves: GTT Level3 Zayo Cogent Remove any that dont interconnect outside docklands with BT, Virgin, Talktalk, Sky: Level3.. maybe? Cogent.. maybe? Zayo.. maybe? Why not pick someone not in the tier1 list with better UK connectivity and network (that was my prior point).... this gives you a wide choice. Steve On 30 October 2013 17:28, James Bensley <jwbens...@gmail.com> wrote: > Continuing this thread; > > Can anyone recommend a good Tier 1 provider that is at least docklands > proof (by which I mean Global Switch 1 / 2 & Smelehouse East / North > / West)? Everyone and their mum is in that little cluster, can anyone > recommend a Tier 1 that is proven to not depend on those sites rather > than all of London? > > Whilst I don't think this is quite such a big ask as the original > question I'd like to find a provider who can provide me routes from > else where, be it Manchester or else where in London etc, *that don't > go via docklands already*. A couple of providers I have had > conversation with have said that traffic would go via docklands but > then if docklands explosededed, it would then go via Manchester or via > else where instead, but then they would then be running a fail over > scenario; links could be congested, latency increases etc etc. > > Any providers who will be not be routing via docklands as default is > more specifically what I'm after. > > Cheers, > James. > >
