> On Mar 16, 2016, at 5:48 PM, David Hubbard <dhubb...@dino.hostasaurus.com> > wrote: > > Curious if anyone has had similar experience; looking for a 10gig transit > circuit at a colo, contacted VZ as they’re on net in the facility, quoted me > an astronomical amount at 10-20x going rates these days. I’m curious if I > just happened across a bad rep and should dig further, or that’s par for the > course? Rep was comfortable talking about BGP, v4/v6, etc. so I felt like I > was talking to the right person until I saw the price lol.
In the brief period of time when I was not at my current employer I had a similar experience. It wasn’t even worth my time to negotiate with them for a proper price, I basically told them they were way too high and moved on. I’ve heard the right reps can get the proper pricing, but I wonder how much this is facility costs vs something else. Carriers in my experience are pretty good at knowing their local market options, and unless you’re all going to locked-in 701 eyeballs it may be worthwhile to talk to someone else. - Jared
