I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if GigE connections were under $1 now. I know a couple companies were at $1.
Bandwidth pricing is the inverse of real estate pricing. Downtown Chicago, a sq.ft. of land could buy you hundreds of acres in Montana. A single meg in Montana could buy you hundreds of megs (or a couple gigs) in Chicago. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "Andy Trimmell" <atrimm...@precisionds.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 2:20 PM To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Promo > 50Mbit for $450 a month isn't bad for a pipe to AT&T. We're paying 10x > that from AT&T right now. > > $0.90? come on give me a break. If that's possible then we should sue AT&T > for highway robbery. > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Mike Hammett > Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 1:26 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Promo > > Did you mean $9/meg or $0.90/meg? $9/meg isn't much to write home about. > ;-) > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Justin Wilson" <j...@mtin.net> > Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 11:48 AM > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>; "RickG" > <rgunder...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Promo > >> Yup. If you are at an on-net building you can get it even cheaper. >> One >> client is buying for $9 a meg in bulk in Chicago. Their biggest hurdle >> are >> peering agreements with the big boys. The AT&t¹s of the world are sort >> of >> tolerating them at the moment until they can figure out what to do. They >> tried de-peering with them a few years ago and there was an outcry. Lots >> of >> web-sites are hosted on cogent bandwidth. >> >> Justin >> >> -- >> 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 >> >> >> From: RickG <rgunder...@gmail.com> >> Reply-To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> >> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:33:16 -0500 >> To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Promo >> >> I hear $1500 for a gig! >> >> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Mike Hammett >> <wispawirel...@ics-il.net>wrote: >> >>> 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! 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