2nd that. Cogent in Wisconsin has been solid for us for the past two years or so. I have not heard bad things about their network out of Illinois either. Some people have problems with them in other markets.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Justin Wilson <j...@mtin.net> wrote: > I have seen a network feeding 80 megs of cogent for about 3 months now. > No complaints for the users. But this network also has a BGP feed from > Tier1. > > We have servers on a cogent link in downtown Chicago. No problems with > them and there are 200+ web-sites hosted on those boxes. > > -- > Justin Wilson <j...@mtin.net> > CCNA CCNT Mikrotik Advanced > http://www.mtin.net - Homepage > http://www.mtin.net/blog - Technical Blog > > XISP solutions Hosting Consulting Tower Climbing Web Design > > > > From: Mike Hammett <wispawirel...@ics-il.net> > Reply-To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> > Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:39:53 -0600 > To: <wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: [WISPA] Bandwidth Promo > > I wish I was a bit closer to a POP to take advantage of it, but my Cogent > rep informed me that through the end of the month, they have a promo going > $400/100 megabit 1 year contract. Only available at Cogent and carrier > neutral data centers. These facilities are listed on their web site under > the network heading. A complete building list (and not eligible for this > promo) is available in the service locator under Dedicated Internet access. > > Not all of their host buildings allow roof access, but I believe a > significant number of them do. I encourage you to build your network out to > these facilities. > > Sure, someone's going to hop on here and complain about how horrible Cogent > is, but every carrier has their good and bad spots. I'm sure I could find > someone to honestly say the same things about AT&T, VZB, Level3, InterNAP, > XO, MZima, etc., etc. It doesn't matter the carrier, I strongly encourage > you to have more than one. > > Feel free to blast the list with questions about building your network to > Cogent, routing policies to best combine Cogent and your existing provider, > etc. These things would apply to any carrier, not just Cogent. > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
