Web hosts are usually fairly good sources. They buy large quantities from many carriers and often have a lot of inbound capacity available.
Check out BGPlay for the routing and reliability of a certain IP block. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "Nick Olsen" <n...@brevardwireless.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 5:24 PM To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] choice of upstreams > As we can all see, This is very dependent on market. Bret here has had a > great time with cogent, where others are quick to say its a lesser > provider. Arguing which carrier has better uptime is a waste of time. > > Long story short, Pick what is the best in that market. > You might even get away with looking up some of the big company's in your > city, and if they peer with someone you might also want to peer with (like > cogent). Give them a call and see if you can get a tech, see what they > have > to say about $CARRIER in your area. They might tell you to jump in a lake, > but you might get someone cool who is willing to talk. > > Nick Olsen > Brevard Wireless > (321) 205-1100 x106 > > > ---------------------------------------- > > From: "Bret Clark" <bcl...@spectraaccess.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 6:10 PM > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] choice of upstreams > > Brad Belton wrote: >> While I agree no solution can be considered equal in any given location, >> there are trends or a general barometer to help place one carrier over >> another. >> > Such as? >> This is exactly my point (being made by Tom, a Cogent customer!) why > Cogent >> should not be depended on as a sole or primary Internet feed. If > Cogent's >> all you got then you're SOL! >> > Baloney, we've used them as one of our primary's for well over a year > without hiccup. Our so other "better" providers have given us more > frustration. >> Bottom line is any carrier can break. If you can only have one then > find >> one that breaks the least. If you can have more than one, Cogent is a > good >> low cost second or third to have in a pinch for relatively little cost. >> >> > Where are you getting your data from? Curious as to why you feel they > are a second or third alternative? > > Bret > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
