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Thread: Cheapest price from Cogent?
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06-02-2008, 12:51 AM #51Junior Guru
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06-02-2008, 01:30 AM #52Web Hosting Master
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When we contacted Cogent, they were $10 MBPS, but that required a minimum of 100MBITS commit. I too would not recommend them as your only uplink and would recommend them as a mix to lower your costs of bandwidth
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06-02-2008, 09:55 AM #54Randy
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Last month Cogent was running amazing deals I've never seen them do before. For those who snagged them, you better hold onto them!!!
I posted my sales rep's contact earlier in this thread...if you're in the market for great bandwidth value, I recommend pinging him in case he can still pull strings this month.Fast Serv Networks, LLC | AS29889 | DDOS Protected | Managed Cloud, Streaming, Dedicated Servers, Colo by-the-U
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06-02-2008, 10:17 AM #55Web Hosting Master
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It's usually $10/Mbit on a 100Mbit commit, if you commit more, they will go down ot $8/Mbit
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that`s what many sales reps say and if you talk to them months later the deal is still available. Money talks !!!! :-)
when the bandwidth prices hit new low they stay that way and other competitors try meet or beat that pricing. Bandwidth prices keep going down every year and that will be the trend for years to come.Petr Kral - FDCServers.net 50+Tbps of internet connectivity https://www.epyc100gig.net/
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06-02-2008, 10:57 AM #58Randy
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06-02-2008, 11:38 AM #59Web Hosting Master
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Actually there have been couple other carriers that came with same or even better deals than Cogent`s last month promo. I am pretty sure sure the way things are going we`ll see $1-2/Mbps bandwidth in 12-24 months.
If you have large commit to swing around you can get Cogent like pricing or even better from other carriers and their bandwidth will be more marketable. If you can not do high commits and Cogent is not your only upstream provider they certainly can help to lower your overall bandwidth costPetr Kral - FDCServers.net 50+Tbps of internet connectivity https://www.epyc100gig.net/
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06-02-2008, 01:10 PM #62Web Hosting Guru
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I contacted the cogent rep that contacted me originally...
I want to drag him into this thread to see if he can address some of this pricing...
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Just got word back... looks like this:
How timely; Cogent’s standard pricing has just been amended; for tiered GigE service, 100MB increments, we now will charge: $8/meg on 1 YR term; $7/meg on 2 YR term; $6/meg on 3 YR term.
For full GigE service, 1,000MB dedicated, pricing schedule is: $7/meg on 1 YR term; $6/meg on 2 YR term; $5/meg on 3 YR term.
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Petr Kral - FDCServers.net 50+Tbps of internet connectivity https://www.epyc100gig.net/
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06-02-2008, 01:49 PM #66Web Hosting Guru
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But those prices are friggin insane at this time.
With some of our other carriers 3 year commit is the minimum to get decent pricing.
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I need to add in that still, you dont want to be switching carriers every year.
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06-02-2008, 01:58 PM #67Web Hosting Master
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couple scenarios why no to do a long term contract with any carrier
#1 do the math. If they are quoting you $5/Mbps (that price has been around for last 6 months) and prices drop to $3/Mbps 1 year from now and to $2/Mbps 2 years from now. How much money could you have saved ?
#2 Beware of Cogent`s abuse dept - gigE customers are small potatoes for Cogent. If you have a problem on your network (could be you or your customer) and Cogent feels like shutting you they`ll do it and they`ll go after you for the remainder of the contractPetr Kral - FDCServers.net 50+Tbps of internet connectivity https://www.epyc100gig.net/
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06-02-2008, 02:21 PM #69Randy
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06-02-2008, 02:33 PM #70Web Hosting Guru
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Its not the greatest for gaming... but I may have to invest some money into a rack of servers and start a little subsidiary providing very cheap servers...
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Wow, I didn't realize they would go 5-6 per mpbs, I would assume that is on a full 1000mbit commit.
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Yeah that truly is insane. I mean in our VBC datacenter we have a cogent mix and they have hardly gone down. But then in our Toronto Datacenter Cogent maintained a 96% uptime. Go Figure.
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06-02-2008, 05:07 PM #74Junior Guru
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What facilities are you in? You may be better off buying from a company that buys Cogent and/or other networks. Many would be willing to match or beat Cogent's pricing and probably be a bit more flexible with the term. You'd also have the benefit of utilizing their other network providers should Cogent have any peering issues or downtime.
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06-02-2008, 05:35 PM #75Web Hosting Master
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LOL. It seems someone from Cogent is monitoring this forum, as I was looking through our Live Chat logs and someone from Cogent, was referred to our site by this forum. The Cogent Eyes are watching
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