Lately a few webhosts have started selling HE bandwidth at prices close to CogentCo's.

How good is HE bw...How would it compare to say, Cogent, Verio, Global Crossing or even Level3?

What is the actual costprice of 100/1000mbit HE bw?

Thanks for your time and input!

Im in Fremont and one of them offering the prices near cogent. On 100mbit commit, i sell it for $75/mbit. On 1000mbit commit, never have before, but i bet i could do down in the $40-$50/mbit range or less. HE bandwidth is Verio, InterNap, NAC, Williams and about 10 others BGP4'd into it. They offer 9 exchange points all over the US and they own their own network.

I ping higher to the same place with cogent bandwidth in cali from wireworks, check out my trace to he i already contacted my isp to try and get me sending to west cost instead of east -> west they said it'll be done when they get more peering that way.

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>ping he.net

Pinging he.net [216.218.186.2] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 216.218.186.2: bytes=32 time=125ms TTL=245
Reply from 216.218.186.2: bytes=32 time=120ms TTL=245
Reply from 216.218.186.2: bytes=32 time=121ms TTL=245
Reply from 216.218.186.2: bytes=32 time=126ms TTL=245

Ping statistics for 216.218.186.2:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 120ms, Maximum = 126ms, Average = 123ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>tracert he.net

Tracing route to he.net [216.218.186.2]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 12 ms 17 ms 34 ms 10.1.0.1
2 236 ms 204 ms 211 ms 65.70.113.149
3 39 ms 17 ms 18 ms bb2-g2-0.okcyok.swbell.net [151.164.23.246]
4 22 ms 24 ms 23 ms bb2-p4-3.dllstx.sbcglobal.net [151.164.242.9]
5 30 ms 21 ms 22 ms bb2-p12-0.rcsntx.sbcglobal.net [151.164.240.237]

6 54 ms 53 ms 50 ms bb1-p13-0.hrndva.sbcglobal.net [151.164.243.194]

7 51 ms 54 ms 51 ms bb1-p12-0.eqabva.sbcglobal.net [151.164.242.198]

8 55 ms 54 ms 54 ms ash-ix.he.net [206.223.115.37]
9 120 ms 119 ms 126 ms pos3-1.gsr12008.pao.he.net [65.19.141.234]
10 126 ms 124 ms 126 ms gsr12012.sjc.he.net [216.218.130.1]
11 122 ms 121 ms 122 ms he.net [216.218.186.2]

Trace complete.

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>

Just wanted to post a clarification there...He.net doesn't buy from people like nac...we PEER with them in some places...we operate our own backbone, with multiple egress points nationwide.

Originally posted by lisllc
Just wanted to post a clarification there...He.net doesn't buy from people like nac...we PEER with them in some places...we operate our own backbone, with multiple egress points nationwide.

I am trying to understand your statement here, Reid. Are you saying that Hurricane Electric is a Tier 1 and does not purchase transit from any other network?

route-server>show ip bgp 216.218.186.2 | i 6939
7018 6461 6939, (received & used)

Gee, If I wasn’t mistaken I’d say you’re buying IP transit from MFN.

route-server.phx1>show ip bgp 216.218.186.2 | i 6939
7911 6939
route-server.cw.net>show ip bgp 216.218.186.2 | i 6939
7911 6939

Well what do we have here, Oh yes, Hurricane Electric buying from Williams Communications.

3333 6461 6939
6066 6939
16150 20757 3356 6939
8001 6939
5459 7911 6939
5459 6461 6939
3257 6939
3356 6939
14608 3356 6939
7911 6939
7911 6939
5511 6461 6939
4513 6939
6079 6939
6079 6939
8297 6453 6461 6939
2828 6939
6453 6461 6939
4513 6939
11608 6939
1221 4637 6939
1 6939
6395 6939
2914 6939
6461 6939
6395 6939
6395 6939
19092 3561 7911 6939
11608 6939
7018 6461 6939
5650 6939
5650 6939
4513 6939
2493 3602 1239 7911 6939
4513 6939
1668 6939
4181 6939
852 6461 6939
6539 6939
9942 6461 6939
12956 7911 6939
852 6461 6939
267 2914 6939
2497 6939
293 6939
2914 6939
1224 38 6325 6461 6939
7500 2497 6939
3549 7911 6939
5056 6461 6939
3561 7911 6939

etc.

No, I was just saying that we didn't buy from Nac, or Rackspace, or anyone else who does colo on this board...Just trying to educate...not start a war. Never said we were transit-free...