Would you host your members area on Cogent bandwidth?
 

Would you host your members area on Cogent bandwidth with a VERY reliable host? It would save us 100% in the hosting price.

100% You mean u get cogent for free?

Cuz I host mine in Geocities and so far so good!

Never mind, editted

Yeah, Sly is the man to talk to here.

Personally I would only use Cogent for galleries and similar free sites. Some will agree, others will disagree. My theory is if somebody is paying me to access my site, they deserve the extra $5 per mbps for premium bandwidth. Depending how much bandwidth you need, I can probably save you a crapload of money and still have you running on premium bandwidth. Feel free to hit me up if you would like to discuss.

Hit him up, Sly can get you killer deals :thumbsup

No, as in We will be paying $500 a month for cogent or $1000 a month for premium, therefore a 100% savings

Hmmm NO.. 500 is 50% of 1000 ... and u are going down in price.. if you were paying 500 and will pay 1000 then u are going up 100%... but if u are paying 1000 and want to pay 500 that is a 50% reduction.

Math 101 :)

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Oh, and by the way, I have seen tour conversions and site retention increase by using better quality bandwidth. Think about it from a surfers standpoint for a minute.

What you need to do is decide whether or not the cost of higher bandwidth will pay for itself with the better conversions and retention.

didn't hear much positive about cogent bw.

Not voluntarily. We've had people swap out our fine bandwidth for cogent without our knowledge or permission. That doesn't happen anymore.

not for the members area not worth the risk even if it is small

Ok, same difference :)

don't use cogent for your members area :2 cents:

don't shortchange customers, lol..i see if you're running a freesite of something...don't try to cut cost when it comes to your custmoers it will bite you in the ass in the long run....

depends on what you retention rate is. If they only stay for a month and its been that way for a while knock your self out with cogent. If you have good retention i wouldn't use cogent

NO it is not.. but hey to each his own..

Good luck in your decision!

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I bet if someone posted 2 links to two sites, one with cogent and one with "premium bandwidth" nobody would notice a difference.

Never !!!! It's not worth it in the long run. :2 cents: :2 cents:

No, No i wouldn't.

Treat your customers right and give them the good stuff and you will make a lot more in the long run..

I bet you can get quality bandwidth for the same price youre getting that cogent at, and the bandwidth would be guaranteed available 24/7 :winkwink:


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Why would you do that? Its not like with galleries where you have to take the risk not to convert. Your members are already paying, its not a risk, give them what they deserve.

i second that. the price of bandwidth has gone down and the quality of bandwidth has gone up.

it's simple... switch to cogent... put a poll in the members area and ask... has loading the site/content improved, remained the same, or decreased. i'm sure you'll find an answer in a week or less!

some people still will never change even if they see savings smacking them right in the face... just because cogent sucked before doesn't mean they suck now. btw. i don't use cogent so i don't know how they are now... maybe someone will be kind enough and post their results and help us all :)

:2 cents:

Cogent Rocks :winkwink:

non-cogent :winkwink:

Equinix datacenter too :thumbsup

Guys...
You talking about the "old" cogent, that was realy suck.
But now its totally different !
I think its ok for the memebrs area.