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m0rph3us · 10-14-2002, 01:15 AM

I'm having a debate with a friend about hosting a paysite and plugin feeds on Cogent.

I've been in biz for about 2 years and dealt before with hosts back in the $200+/Mbit days and I'm trying to convince my friend that Cogent is NOT the way to go when hosting a paysite and plugin feeds that members & webmasters depend on.

IMO Cogent bandwidth isn't worth a dime because:

a. thier peering, speed routing & response can be shit depending on what part of the world you are reaching
b. they most likey will start enforcing push/pull ratios on the
c. From webhostingtalk: They use Looking Glass Inc for dark fiber and this carries them into the various datacenters that they offer service in. Then they peer inside of these datacenters. They usually do whats called Multi-Lateral Peering which means they connect to a public switch and peer with other providers who have "Open" peering agreements. Cogent does indeed buy transit, from a couple providers in a couple of datacenters. If the packet you send down their glass can not reach a "peer" on their network it will go out the transit pipe that cogent pays big money for (like any of us would, UUnet, Qwest, etc etc). Is this a good or bad way to provide bandwidth? Thats up to you to decide. If it was my packet I wouldnt want someone trying to pimp it out all over the country before deciding it needed to go out a costly loop.

Opinons?

10-14-2002, 01:15 AM
m0rph3us Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Principality of Sealand Posts: 2,033	Hosting a paysite/plugin feeds on Cogent I'm having a debate with a friend about hosting a paysite and plugin feeds on Cogent. I've been in biz for about 2 years and dealt before with hosts back in the $200+/Mbit days and I'm trying to convince my friend that Cogent is NOT the way to go when hosting a paysite and plugin feeds that members & webmasters depend on. IMO Cogent bandwidth isn't worth a dime because: a. thier peering, speed routing & response can be shit depending on what part of the world you are reaching b. they most likey will start enforcing push/pull ratios on the c. From webhostingtalk: They use Looking Glass Inc for dark fiber and this carries them into the various datacenters that they offer service in. Then they peer inside of these datacenters. They usually do whats called Multi-Lateral Peering which means they connect to a public switch and peer with other providers who have "Open" peering agreements. Cogent does indeed buy transit, from a couple providers in a couple of datacenters. If the packet you send down their glass can not reach a "peer" on their network it will go out the transit pipe that cogent pays big money for (like any of us would, UUnet, Qwest, etc etc). Is this a good or bad way to provide bandwidth? Thats up to you to decide. If it was my packet I wouldnt want someone trying to pimp it out all over the country before deciding it needed to go out a costly loop. Opinons? Last edited by m0rph3us; 10-14-2002 at 01:47 AM..