Cogent/Level 3 Bandwidth prices going up?
 

One of my cheaper host just contacted me saying he'll need to raise me because his Bandwidth providers just raised his prices up... I was wondering if anyone could confirm with me that there is indeed an increase in BW cost from cogent/Level 3 starting in December, or what?

Contact one of the fucktards at Cogent, here's one:

Jeff Henriksen
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Based on the last letter I saw from cogentco it wouldn't surprise me Phil.

yeah I wouldn't think he'd lie to me, especially since I had left his company 4-5 mnths back and just came back to him, but I was given a few different prices from him and thought i'd check heh

I just emailed that cogent guy

could be your smaller host dropped a level in use....

thus their price per mbps coulda gone up $3

even if this was the case...a host was probably making atleast $5 off you

so their profit margin is cut, but their not in the red

Could be that they're not doing enough bandwidth to get lower rates?

yeah, I'm not sure... guess I'll have to see what he has to say or move again next month heh

got a reply from that jeff guy from cogent , quick answer heh

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Cogent has not raised any prices - in fact our long term plans include the possibility of lowering prices due to price erosion over time.

I can not account for why his provider raised prices, but that is not due to a change in Cogent pricing.

Cogent considers the Cogent-Level 3 agreement to be settlement free.

Thanks,
Jeff

interesting............ :uhoh

I'd be interested in hearing his definition of settlement if he "Considers" the agreement to be settlement free.

Hey Phil,
I think you are dealing with an individual isp that is raising their prices rather than a movement by Level3/Cogent to raise prices. If anything, bandwidth costs seem to be coming down consistently since I entered the biz in 1997.

Of course now that we have things like 10 mbps lines going into homes (my buddy in Virginia has a 15 mb DSL acct and he pays $69 a month for it!) lower bandwidth costs are a wash since the consumption is increasing so much.

Take care buddy, lets try to hook up in LV in January to catch up.

yeah exactly my point of view David... but I thought I'd check to make sure heh

Granted I require a really low price on the BW I am buying and I have no doubt my provider was giving me a good price, but I guess I'll ask him for a better explanation ;)


I am not 100% sure if I'll make it to Vegas... I am not a fan of seeing CES and internext at the same time, and combining both conventions is not exciting me either... although I always love Vegas, I am concidering skipping that one and taking the associated costs to give a couple bonuses to my employees and/or taking a little one week off somewhere instead heh... guess we'll figure it out...

in any case, I will make it a priority to make sure I attend the next show you will be at if I don't go to vegas ;)

Not shocking at all.

hmmm..that's an interesting response from Cogent.