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I believe that this is a topic that has been brought up before. http://www.merit.edu/mailinglist/mailarchives/old_archive/2000-12/threads2.html#00175 ---- Steve Rude [email protected] On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Murphy, Brennan wrote: > > I was wondering if anyone had any experience with Cogent Inc. They are > one of the companies offering high speed internet (fast ethernet/GigE) at > rock > bottom prices. :-) > > I know the adage "you get what you pay for" typically applies but > I was looking for some concrete end user experiences. I'm not trying to > break the charter of this mailing list by devoting a discussion to various > emotion based opinions about a particular vendor. I am actually seeking > technical opinions on whether what is being advertised is actually > being delivered with reliability. More specific questions: do Cogent's > peering arrangements seem adequate to the amount of bandwidth > they are offering? Or are these major bottlenecks to an otherwise > good network? Are any of Cogent's competitors worth taking a look > at? Any non-obvious reason why? Does anyone have any statistics to provide > that paints a picture > about what you get from their products? I guess if enough people > complained that this was too off topic, I could still request direct > replies and I could put a summary together for any interested parties. > But I reread the charter before putting this together and it seems > fair game. When is Worldcom, et al going to start offering these > products? ( maybe when companies like cogent start succeeding?) > Thanks, > -BM > >
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