On 14 September 2015 at 14:08, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I'd appreciate your advice. Looking for some backup transit at TeleCity > Meridian Gate, Docklands - probably 1G on 10. Our main carrier is excellent > (IX-Reach), but looking to diversify without breaking the bank. > > Any recommendations (on or off list) would be appreciated. > > I've tried the following: > > BT - wildly expensive > Virgin - sales guys have no idea what BGP transit is > Colt - ridiculously pricy > Telecom Italia Sparkle - good price, have no ports free > HE - not present at Meridian Gate > > Many thanks for the advice. > > Nick > > -- > BHost - Linux VPS Hosting > www.BHost.net
Cogent are on-net there I think, they are good for cheap backup transit. Also Hibernia are doing some pretty cheap transit at the minute, I'd check with them too, they are in Soverign House I think, not sure if they are in Meridian House? On 14 September 2015 at 18:42, Paul Thornton <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 14/09/2015 15:16, Mark Stokes wrote: > >> Who needs cheap transit when peering clearly is the way to go. > > > You don't have the entire routing table @LINX yet :) > > Paul. 460k routes though, not far off! Enough to get peering I'd say. Cheers, James.
