Brad,
You seem very defensive. I am surprised by your remarks as they are not accurate and knowing you, I think you know that.
As for the other comments....
1: NationalNet, ISPrime, CaveCreek, and JupiterHosting all use Aleron, as well as several other suppliers, as bandwidth providers.
2: Aleron does not use cogent. Fixedorbit backs that statement up for now.
http://www.fixedorbit.com/AS/4/AS4200.htm
But if they did, everyone who uses them knows they use Williams as the default route.
Poppy wasn't taking a shot at your network. We just here a lot of complaints about Verio and Cogent. Verio for the loose spam policies and cogent.. well... you know cogent.. lol.
If you don't like Aleron. That's cool. You have to look at the whole package. Data Center. Bandwidth. Support. Performance. Price. Being multi-homed is another important thing.
Off to watch the 49ers get trounced.
Ray