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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Cogent/Level 3 depeering
On 10/6/05 10:37 AM, "Patrick W. Gilmore" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Oct 6, 2005, at 10:19 AM, tony sarendal wrote: > >> This is not the first and certainly not the last time we see this kind >> of event happen. >> Purchasing a single-homed service from a Tier-1 provider will >> guarantee that you >> are affected by this every time it happens. > > s/every time it happens/every time it happens to YOUR upstream > > People on Sprint, AT&T, GLBX, MCI, etc. were unaffected. Only people > who single-home to L3 or Cogent have disconnectivity. Take-away: Do not single home. I'm shocked folks aren't figuring this out. If you are a webhoster or enterprise and your business model can not support multiple Internet pipes, than you have a suboptimal business model (to put it lightly) > > >> Now, is being a tier-1 now a good or bad sales argument when selling >> internet access ? > > It's still a good argument, because Marketing != Reality. :) Dan
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