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06-02-2011, 06:59 PM #1Web Hosting Master
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Is Hurricane Electric bandwidth good quality? Do they have any tier 1 peers? How is their connectivity to Europe?
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06-02-2011, 07:03 PM #2Hello World
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06-02-2011, 07:05 PM #3Web Hosting Master
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Do they have decent connectivity with in the US and Canada?
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06-02-2011, 07:05 PM #4Hello World
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06-02-2011, 07:16 PM #7Managed Service Provider
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06-02-2011, 07:17 PM #8Hello World
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We added HE.net to our network back in February, and have been generally quite happy with the overall network performance, especially when price is factored in. Their NOC is friendly and knowledgeable, and the odds are if you call in you will be talking directly with someone who has router access that can fix any problem you might be experiencing. The HE.net network is extremely well peered, including a number of Tier-1 peers and/or transit connections. If you care about IPv6, nobody is even close to them in terms of number of connected networks.
We utilize Cogent as well, but only for 'customer' routes since they have a history of getting into disputes with peering partners that can negatively impact network traffic with little or no notice to customers. They do have a lot more POP's than HE.net, but they have virtually no presence in Asia which is important to us, and generally I've seen their pricing to be a bit higher than what I get from HE.net, albeit not by much. I can say we've seen no capacity or over-subscription issues, which were definitely a problem as recently as a few years ago.
Comparing either of these networks to Level3 is pretty pointless IMO, since there is such a big difference in cost - Level3 will typically cost you 2.5 - 5 times more than either HE.net or Cogent when buying direct.
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06-02-2011, 07:48 PM #11Web Hosting Master
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If I was forced to choose between the two, I would take Cogent.
http://bgp.he.net/AS46562
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06-02-2011, 07:50 PM #12Now renamed!
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HE IPv4 is fine.
HE IPv6 is the BEST you will ever get.
I would take HE over Cogent at anytime.
Do they have decent connectivity with in the US and Canada?
Also good routes to Asia (JP, CN, HK and alike).
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06-02-2011, 07:59 PM #13Hello World
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I think Ryan was referring too which would be best for the OP and if he was in the OP's shoes he would pick Cogent...
After all spouting about worldwide connectivity is pointless when the OP is directly asking about connectivity to and from Europe...
The OP is looking for solid connectivity to and from Europe plus good connectivity within the US based on this Level 3 would be a fantastic choice to make, If the budget isnt their for it then Cogent would be sufficient for the OP's requirements.Last edited by Server Management; 06-02-2011 at 08:07 PM.
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06-02-2011, 08:03 PM #14Aspiring Evangelist
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The OP is looking for solid connectivity to and from Europe plus good connectivity within the US based on this Level 3 would be a fantastic choice to make, If the budget isnt their for it then Cogent would be sufficient for the OP's requirements.
As far as connectivity in Europe, I recently noticed that HE.net's network map has been updated with a number of pending European POP's that should be established soon (Dublin, Madrid, Milan, Vienna, Prague, and Warsaw), which should make their connectivity in Europe even better than it is now.
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06-02-2011, 08:26 PM #16Web Hosting Master
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06-02-2011, 09:20 PM #20Master of the Truth
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06-02-2011, 10:25 PM #21Randy
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HE dumps most of their EU traffic off in peering exchanges. In general it works well, I don't think you have much to worry about. I'd be more concerned with your chosen provider's network management than I would be about HE's network.
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06-02-2011, 11:51 PM #23Web Hosting Master
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+1 for HE we have used them for a very long time (I think we were customer #66). We are just in the process of adding L3 to our mix but as it is not installed yet can not comment on them.
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06-02-2011, 11:53 PM #24Web Hosting Industry Expert
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We had some issues a few months ago where the HE link to Denver was over-saturated causing some issues but once they turned that link up we've not had any issues with them.
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06-03-2011, 12:07 AM #25WHT Addict
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Not a fan of HE. We've been in their FMT2 data center for three plus years. We had two outages in the past month caused by DDoS attacks against their lone core router at FMT2. There have been at least two other outages because of other BGP issues/oversubscription in their network.
They finally realized they need a second router at FMT2 but not in time to keep our business.
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