I label them as the Heidi Fleiss of the industry.....Everyone deals with them, but no one wants to admit it openly.
They carry a fair amount of traffic on their network, both in the US and Canada (ip transit customers), and very often get into extended peering disputes with other networks. As such they are very decent for taking ''on-net' traffic, i.e. from their own network and their paying customers, but not the best for taking full IP Transit. It is also not un-common for their peering ports (with other networks) to be over subscribed, thus showing packet loss at peak times. Yes, they and HE often compete to be the lowest price leaders. It is my opinion that they are good addition to a network IP transit mix, but not as the only upstream carrier. Of Course YMMV. Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, FL 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: [email protected] > From: "Jason McKemie" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, July 1, 2016 6:52:04 PM > Subject: [AFMUG] Cogent > Does anyone have experience with Cogent as a primary upstream? Good, bad, > ugly? > I assume the service location makes some difference as well. > -Jason
