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Originally Posted by 3M TA3
We all know Cogent has had some issues in the past, but every company goes through growing pains. Would you trust them with your business now?
Do you think they are stable?
Anyone waiting for them to go down again?
Do you trust them to stay up and maintain suitable peering agreements?
No disrespect to Cogent intended. Looking for some truth here.
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1) Yes, way in the past; that is long ago, and Cogent is very stable now a days - even more so then other "popular" carriers.
2) Very stable, every carrier has its issues - there isn't one that never does.
3) They haven't gone down in a long time, there might be some blips but again, that isn't isolated to Cogent.
4) Yes, infact they have and continue to improve their peering agreements tremendously! They have just signed with ATT for 3 additional 10GE peering ports. ATT being one of the largest provider of bandwidth for USA residential ISP's. Their peering with Level(3) - of which TimeWarner/RoadRunner use's is very good - I have TimeWarner at my house, and if I ever have any issues with my routes, its actually on the Level(3) side!
We are Cogent's largest customer in the world, and I can guarantee you that I know what I am talking about. Do not listen to all the haters who have no real experience.
Cogent's routes and latency are now better than some of the other "popular" providers, and their only drawback is the stigma associated with their name!
Are they perfect? No...
Is any carrier perfect? No...
That's why you go with a provider who runs BGP4... that way if a specific route does happen to have an issue, your provider can route around it...