Thats right. A good friend of mine who owns a datacenter has his own fiber direct to the NAP and is paying .50/meg! If you can transport it and plug in, things get much better. If you cant, they're still getting better, just not as much. -RickG
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]>wrote: > Location, location, location... > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." > --- Albert Einstein > > > On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Andy Trimmell <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 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" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 11:48 AM > > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>; "RickG" > > <[email protected]> > > 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 <[email protected]> > > > CCNA CCNT Mikrotik Advanced > > > http://www.mtin.net - Homepage > > > http://www.mtin.net/blog - Technical Blog > > > > > > XISP solutions Hosting Consulting Tower Climbing > > > > > > > > > From: RickG <[email protected]> > > > Reply-To: WISPA General List <[email protected]> > > > Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:33:16 -0500 > > > To: WISPA General List <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Promo > > > > > > I hear $1500 for a gig! > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Mike Hammett > > > <[email protected]>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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