Cogent Bandwidth: Discuss - GoFuckYourself.com

quantum-x · 07-09-2007, 02:37 PM

It had a terrible reputation a while back: What's it like now, especially in terms of reliability and throughput?

PS- Oh shit, a business thread!

Thumbnailer · 07-09-2007, 02:41 PM

Cogent is a way better these days, but still sucks

quantum-x · 07-09-2007, 02:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thumbnailer

Cogent is a way better these days, but still sucks

Care to elaborate?

Pete-KT · 07-09-2007, 02:46 PM

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directfiesta · 07-09-2007, 02:54 PM

Cogent has improved immensly ( mainly due to a balance sheet cleanup during the telecoms collapse ).

Report quality/price is very good, but some will trash it because it is as cool as

certain webhosts, even if they never experienced with them.

greenlab · 07-09-2007, 03:13 PM

In Europe it still sucks...Telia peers with them in Washington, so you have about 250ms from Frankfurt to Telia in Sweden when trough other carriers you have 20 ms...same with Tiscalli - peering in NY...not many EU carriers peer with Cogent in Europe....and btw how cheap is it now ? like 10$/Mb for a STM1 ? (155Mbs)

quantum-x · 07-09-2007, 03:13 PM

Thanks for the feedback.

quantum-x · 07-09-2007, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by greenlab

In Europe it still sucks...Telia peers with them in Washington, so you have about 250ms from Frankfurt to Telia in Sweden when trough other carriers you have 20 ms...same with Tiscalli - peering in NY...not many EU carriers peer with Cogent in Europe....and btw how cheap is it now ? like 10$/Mb for a STM1 ? (155Mbs)

I'm in FR atm, got a RCN box in the AMS/IX - which is super speeds for me, but.. timely.. for everyone else.

The better of two evils, I guess.

Pornwolf · 07-09-2007, 05:29 PM

It's perfectly fine for content serving and other needs.

I dunno if I'd host tours and join pages on it still.

Snake Doctor · 07-09-2007, 07:11 PM

Anyone who says good things about cogent bandwidth is either

1) Selling cogent bandwidth or affiliated with a host that uses cogent bandwidth

2) Using cogent bandwidth for their sites and feels the need to defend their purchase. (Which for some reason is something people need to do, nobody will tell you "hey I host there and they suck", they won't say they suck until after they leave, at which point they will tell you that their current host is the bees knees)

If you were to switch a site from a premium carrier like Level3 to Cogent (or vice versa) you would see a substantial difference in speed and sales.
I know because I've done it.

SplitNinja · 07-09-2007, 07:30 PM

Cogent runs a national network, and has redundant connections in the major metro areas, as well as redundant cross-country connections.

We have clients that are using several Gigs of Cogent and are happy with it.

Packets always will get through.

Today, they have a very large network. Scale was achieved via acquisitions for the most part (PSINet, Aleron, Verio T-1 business, etc.)

They have improved dramatically, its not the 1999 cogent anymore.

directfiesta · 07-09-2007, 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lenny2

Anyone who says good things about cogent bandwidth is either

1) Selling cogent bandwidth or affiliated with a host that uses cogent bandwidth

No.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lenny2

2) Using cogent bandwidth for their sites and feels the need to defend their purchase. (Which for some reason is something people need to do, nobody will tell you "hey I host there and they suck", they won't say they suck until after they leave, at which point they will tell you that their current host is the bees knees)

No.

webair · 07-09-2007, 07:34 PM

quantum-x

Our network is set up so you can use cogent with fail-over to our tier one network if cogent has any problems

ztik · 07-09-2007, 07:42 PM

Its funny how many people slam cogent but have nothing to back it up

Snake Doctor · 07-09-2007, 08:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by directfiesta

No.

No.

You have a cogent host in your sig, you proved my point for me.

Thanks

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SplitNinja Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Diego Posts: 98	Cogent runs a national network, and has redundant connections in the major metro areas, as well as redundant cross-country connections. We have clients that are using several Gigs of Cogent and are happy with it. Packets always will get through. Today, they have a very large network. Scale was achieved via acquisitions for the most part (PSINet, Aleron, Verio T-1 business, etc.) They have improved dramatically, its not the 1999 cogent anymore. __________________ SplitInfinity Networks - Smarter, Reliable Web Hosting. 2455 Otay Center Drive #118-21 San Diego, CA 92154 USA Aim: splitninja

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07-09-2007, 03:13 PM	#6
greenlab Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 252	In Europe it still sucks...Telia peers with them in Washington, so you have about 250ms from Frankfurt to Telia in Sweden when trough other carriers you have 20 ms...same with Tiscalli - peering in NY...not many EU carriers peer with Cogent in Europe....and btw how cheap is it now ? like 10$/Mb for a STM1 ? (155Mbs)

07-09-2007, 07:11 PM	#10
Snake Doctor I'm Lenny2 Bitch Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: On top of my soapbox Posts: 13,449	Anyone who says good things about cogent bandwidth is either 1) Selling cogent bandwidth or affiliated with a host that uses cogent bandwidth 2) Using cogent bandwidth for their sites and feels the need to defend their purchase. (Which for some reason is something people need to do, nobody will tell you "hey I host there and they suck", they won't say they suck until after they leave, at which point they will tell you that their current host is the bees knees) If you were to switch a site from a premium carrier like Level3 to Cogent (or vice versa) you would see a substantial difference in speed and sales. I know because I've done it.

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07-09-2007, 07:42 PM	#14
ztik Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Nomad Posts: 5,196	Its funny how many people slam cogent but have nothing to back it up