They gave me a free /29 and then when I reminded them about BGP they popped up another agreement for $50/mo. This was today.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 12:25 PM Anderson, Charles R <[email protected]> wrote: > I was told they only charge it if you have bigger than a /29 from them. > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 04:12:01PM +0000, David Hubbard wrote: > > They charge it even if you’re using your own address space. It’s a fee > simply for establishing BGP with them on a given circuit. I believe if you > used static routes and their space, you would not have to pay it. > > > > From: NANOG <[email protected]> on behalf of Josh Luthman < > [email protected]> > > Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 12:10 PM > > To: Brielle Bruns <[email protected]> > > Cc: NANOG list <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: Cogent charging 50/mo for BGP (not IPs, the service) > > > > I view Cogent IP space as a way to lock customers to their service, ie > make them sticky. > > Josh Luthman > > Office: 937-552-2340 > > Direct: 937-552-2343 > > 1100 Wayne St > > Suite 1337 > > Troy, OH 45373 > > > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 12:03 PM Brielle Bruns <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> wrote: > > On 10/17/2018 9:47 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: > > > Has anyone else dealt with this mess? Even my Cogent rep admits it's > > > unique to their business. > > > > That sounds like the BS the first company I worked for tried to pull. > > > > One would think they'd welcome customers bringing their own IP space > > since it saves them money by not using up precious Cogent IPv4 address > > space. > > > > Hell, I even have BGP for v4 and v6 over my CenturyLink biz fiber, and > > its available as part of the enhanced package they offer with no extra > fees. >
