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Chrysalis · 11-10-2005, 20:32

they can do it various means.

volume is one since they are growing fast but there are more dodgy things going on like limiting per thread transfer speed's, I often see slow xfer rates and strange routing going on with cogent. The stunt they pulled with level3 ignition is where they sent too much traffic down their lines violating the peering agreement another thing that lowers their cost. Cogent from usa to europe is pretty close to abysmal at times since their transatlantic links are saturated, ntl to usa over cogent goes uk -> germany -> france -> usa as one example of bad routing. I dont know about cogent's financial situation but I think they have some big companies backing them which could suggest their pricing is somewhat of a loss leader tactic aimed at purely gaining market share.

11-10-2005, 20:32	#13
Chrysalis cf.mega poster Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,050	Re: cogent vs layer3 they can do it various means. volume is one since they are growing fast but there are more dodgy things going on like limiting per thread transfer speed's, I often see slow xfer rates and strange routing going on with cogent. The stunt they pulled with level3 ignition is where they sent too much traffic down their lines violating the peering agreement another thing that lowers their cost. Cogent from usa to europe is pretty close to abysmal at times since their transatlantic links are saturated, ntl to usa over cogent goes uk -> germany -> france -> usa as one example of bad routing. I dont know about cogent's financial situation but I think they have some big companies backing them which could suggest their pricing is somewhat of a loss leader tactic aimed at purely gaining market share.