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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
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.
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Their transatlantic links are not saturated.
Can I politely suggest that you check at which point your traffic leaves the ntl network and goes over to Cogent - I would bet that your last hop is fkft-ic-1.inet.ntl.com aka ntl's peering router in Frankfurt.
How exactly is it Cogent's fault how ntl choose to import the routes that Cogent give them.
If you remember you were very vocal in complaining about the link in London between Cogent and ntl being saturated. The relief link is the permanent solution I referred to that may take time, which is in Germany. This is not Cogent's issue, perhaps this was the only place where a link could be placed quickly.
If Cogent's links were connected everyone including my employer that uses Cogent would see huge latency spikes inside Cogent's network. We don't.