Don’t’ assume … ask them…. One POP I can think of didn’t get any redundancy until it hit pretty significant levels of traffic… that’s some time ago but still ..
From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Darin Steffl Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 2:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 10G Wave or Ethernet Pricing Luckily in our area, there are diverse routes to the POP we are in. I'm not positive about dual routers but I know there is enough traffic running through our POP that I assume they have two now since there are diverse routes to other POPs. On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 1:15 PM, Eric Kuhnke <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Agreed, just something to be aware of. And never, ever singlehome to HE or Cogent. I was typing on my phone so I didn't want to spend a lot of time, but another detail in addition to the single router is non diversity of routes. There's places where HE has a router and will sell IP transit in a non-major city (usually in the single largest IX point/carrier hotel) but they don't have diverse transport routes in and out of that city. An aerial fiber cut can take things out completely. Whereas a more expensive transit provider such as GTT/Nlayer might reach the same city via two diverse routes. On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 10:20 AM, Seth Mattinen <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: On 4/11/16 10:13, Eric Kuhnke wrote: If you've physically laid eyes on an HE POP in a non major city, another issue is they frequently deploy with 1 router, not a redundant core pair. Not really an "issue" as much as what it's worth to do or what you get at a certain price point. ~Seth -- Darin Steffl Minnesota WiFi www.mnwifi.com <http://www.mnwifi.com/> 507-634-WiFi <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> Like us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi>
