+1 for Fusion. Working with Erich and Fusion in general has been great! Josh
On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 11:03 AM Erich Kaiser <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the Fusion mention Dave. We have worked hard the last several > years building a network that is WISP/FISP friendly, offering flexibility > in bandwidth costs, co-location, going where others would not, etc.. > Steering around all of these resellers that have popped up the last few > years has been interesting. A lot of them talk a big game. We are in > trenches everyday dealing with Att, Windstream, Zayo, etc.. If you want > to talk about Overheard costs to run a nationwide network, having colo in > multiple major cities, it is not cheap. Don't get me started on x-connects > :( but we try to stay as competitive as we can especially at our Primary > POP locations. I actually don't understand why Cogent is giving > bandwidth away as they are, kind of a red flag IMO. They also are not > peering friendly. We are peering friendly. We are closely priced to HE. > Oh and we are part of the WISP industry, we even deliver bandwidth via > licensed links to certain customers :) > > Sincerely, > > Erich Kaiser > The Fusion Network > > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 8:33 AM Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is why I like fusion.. I get a 10G but only charged for 1G. The pipe >> allows us to go over if we need it based on 96th percent. >> >> >> >> On 09/24/2018 01:07 PM, Lewis Bergman wrote: >> >> 5 years is practically forever. The per gig sounds great but I am prone >> to look at it more in the terms of need. If you only need 5 gig but you buy >> 10 to get it at a better price, you really just doubled your "perceived >> cost". To belabor the point, need 5 but bought 10 at $200 a gig? You just >> paid $400 a gig. >> >> I will say when we had HE, Cogent, and Level3, I was always shocked how >> much traffic went across the HE connection. I was expecting it to be the >> lowest utilized and it was always the highest with over 70% of the traffic >> with shaping or route forcing going on. Straight BGP. >> >> On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 10:36 AM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Given how much things change in 5 years, I would be extremely reluctant >>> to sign a 5 year contract for anything Internet or telecom related. >>> Granted you can usually renegotiate as long as it’s upward. >>> >>> >>> >>> 5 years is an eternity in Internet years. Anything over 2 years makes >>> me uncomfortable. >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Darin Steffl >>> *Sent:* Monday, September 24, 2018 10:18 AM >>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] DIA pricing >>> >>> >>> >>> HE is at $1,000 month for 10 Gig circuit on 5-year term. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 10:10 AM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I just got quoted 3x that from Century Link. Century Link's quote is >>> half of what we're paying now. >>> >>> On 9/24/2018 11:01 AM, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>> Latest circuit I am working on obtaining from Cogent is $220 per gig. I >>> can get it as low as $150 if I take a 100G circuit. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Darin Steffl >>> >>> Minnesota WiFi >>> >>> www.mnwifi.com >>> >>> 507-634-WiFi >>> >>> <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> >>> [image: ~WRD000.jpg] Like us on Facebook >>> <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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