Which backbone do you think is better and why? I have heard both are at about the same price range. Thanks, Kyle

Both are decent. It depends on area. If XO does end up buying out Global crossing, it'll really add to their network.

Depends where the majority of your traffic is coming from and what happends with this GC/XO merger. They are both good but MFN has a larger backbone.

Thanks for the reply inogenius. If you had to only pick one though, which would you pick?

Originally posted by KyleLC23
If you had to only pick one though, which would you pick?

Both, or which one I could get for the best price. :)

If I had to pick one, I'd pick MFN.

Defenitely MFN, I love it.

i'd pick MFN over XO anytime, as they've really got the bigger/better Backbone! which also reaches Europe and Asia.

MFN.

No competition. I have had better ping and more direct connectivity using MFN. Try Visualroute from around US and the world and you'll know. But I would have to admit XO is very good in some area.

Id say MFN, due to its access points in Europe and Asia to...

-Shazad

They are both around 50 dollars per meg if I have heard right? Also, I have heard XO is great for gaming? Are there any other backbones that compare or are in the same group as MFN and XO? Thanks, Kyle

MCI/UUNet, TimeWarner, Verizon... there are others too.

Sorry about that, I meant compare in the same group as preformance for the price of 50Mbps you can get with XO and MFN. Thanks, Kyle

Originally posted by inogenius
MCI/UUNet, TimeWarner, Verizon... there are others too.

Verizon doesn't own a backbone. They are still buying transit from Genuity (now Level3). Verizon had an option to re-acquire Genuity (AS1) but decided against it. Level3 bought Genuity after they filed for bankruptcy.

Currently, Qwest is the only RBOC that owns and operates a nationwide backbone. However, as I understand it, SBC is currently in the process of building out their own. As it stands now SBC buys transit from Sprint.

If XO get's Globalcrossing... it will improve major global access (UK - Latin America - Japan - and USA) will improve access true major US city's...

as GCrossing has a great backbone true major city's


MFN ... Hmmmm can't really say... much

XO is not great for gaming, Well the xo connections i've seen used as gaming connections are hugely lagged with huge 200-300 spikes every few minutes. Just my experience, i could be wrong?