Another +1 for Fusion.  Easy to deal with.  Deliver on time.  No extra costs or 
fees.  Good routes. 

> On Sep 25, 2018, at 12:09 PM, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net> wrote:
> 
> Yes, Hmmmm, very interesting.
>  
> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Chuck McCown
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 9:59 AM
> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] DIA pricing
>  
> Hmmm
>  
> From: Erich Kaiser
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 9:55 AM
> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] DIA pricing
>  
> yes 179 Social Hall, we have a local Netflix Cache box in our cab there as 
> well.  Not to mention every nexthop POP we are connected to a major IX, LAX, 
> DEN, SEA.
>  
> We are $1650/m for 10G on 3 yr term can also include content Vlan to 
> Realchoice on that.  We are connected to them at Social Hall.
>  
> Sincerely,
>  
>  
> Erich Kaiser
> er...@gotfusion.net
>  
>  
> 
>  
>  
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 10:50 AM Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
> You in Salt Lake City?
>  
> From: Erich Kaiser
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 9:01 AM
> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] DIA pricing
>  
> 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 <dmilho...@wletc.com> 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 <af...@kwisp.com> 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 <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Darin Steffl
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2018 10:18 AM
> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
> 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 <dmmoff...@gmail.com> 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, ch...@wbmfg.com 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. 
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