Hello,
I know when we where shopping for bandwidth all of the other
providers said Cogent was bad yet almost all of Cogent customers said they
were great!! You have to take into account the bias of the person that
started the rumor. We have had cogent for almost 3 years. 2 times have we
gone down. First, for 30 min, was the part failing and the second, 3 hours,
was replacing the part after it failed a second time. Their support is
great and they know their stuff.
No matter who you chose to go with 2 providers is better than 1.
However, we still only have one for cost and the given track record of
Cogent.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Nick Olsen
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 5:24 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] choice of upstreams
As we can all see, This is very dependent on market. Bret here has had a
great time with cogent, where others are quick to say its a lesser
provider. Arguing which carrier has better uptime is a waste of time.
Long story short, Pick what is the best in that market.
You might even get away with looking up some of the big company's in your
city, and if they peer with someone you might also want to peer with (like
cogent). Give them a call and see if you can get a tech, see what they have
to say about $CARRIER in your area. They might tell you to jump in a lake,
but you might get someone cool who is willing to talk.
Nick Olsen
Brevard Wireless
(321) 205-1100 x106
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From: "Bret Clark" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 6:10 PM
To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [WISPA] choice of upstreams
Brad Belton wrote:
> While I agree no solution can be considered equal in any given location,
> there are trends or a general barometer to help place one carrier over
> another.
>
Such as?
> This is exactly my point (being made by Tom, a Cogent customer!) why
Cogent
> should not be depended on as a sole or primary Internet feed. If
Cogent's
> all you got then you're SOL!
>
Baloney, we've used them as one of our primary's for well over a year
without hiccup. Our so other "better" providers have given us more
frustration.
> Bottom line is any carrier can break. If you can only have one then
find
> one that breaks the least. If you can have more than one, Cogent is a
good
> low cost second or third to have in a pinch for relatively little cost.
>
>
Where are you getting your data from? Curious as to why you feel they
are a second or third alternative?
Bret
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