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    Bandwidth providers

    Hello all WHTers,

    I'm currently looking at the following bandwidth providers and just wanted to see if any of you can provide any general input on thier network.

    newedgenetworks.com
    qwest
    AT&T

    Just looking for some input...

    Thanks


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    New Edge is a small player compared to Qwest and AT&T.

    AT&T has a great network, with some strange top management. On the political front they are really alienating the internet industry. AT&T is #2 in terms of peering. AT&T generally has lower latency then Qwest in North America.

    Qwest has a good network, they are #6 in terms of peering, etc. Qwest has great tech support, responsive NOC, etc. Qwest has an awesome SLA. Qwest does not have as good of international connectivity as AT&T

    Take a look at http://www.fixedorbit.com/stats.htm or CAIDA for peering info.
    Check out http://www.internethealthreport.com for latency info.

    Qwest really likes to sell full ports. It is occasionally possible to get a fractional port (such as a 200 mbps GigE) port from AT&T at a lower cost then Qwest, depending on the location.

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    Would you say that the carriers on http://www.internethealthreport.com/ are the better of the bunch?

    I'm looking at a few different co-lo's offering:

    level (3)
    savvis
    ASN-Qwest

    Global Crossing
    level(3)
    savvis
    Tiscalli
    AT&T

    Savvis
    Level(3)
    Qwest
    Global Crossing
    Btn
    Tiscali

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    Dennis,

    I appreciate the helpful response. I just took a look at your sig and realized that I tried to get in contact with you yesterday (Friday). I found your website via google and filled out the form PM me when you get a chance.

    Once again thanks for the information!

    Roland


    Quote Originally Posted by Dennis Nugent
    New Edge is a small player compared to Qwest and AT&T.

    AT&T has a great network, with some strange top management. On the political front they are really alienating the internet industry. AT&T is #2 in terms of peering. AT&T generally has lower latency then Qwest in North America.

    Qwest has a good network, they are #6 in terms of peering, etc. Qwest has great tech support, responsive NOC, etc. Qwest has an awesome SLA. Qwest does not have as good of international connectivity as AT&T

    Take a look at http://www.fixedorbit.com/stats.htm or CAIDA for peering info.
    Check out http://www.internethealthreport.com for latency info.

    Qwest really likes to sell full ports. It is occasionally possible to get a fractional port (such as a 200 mbps GigE) port from AT&T at a lower cost then Qwest, depending on the location.

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    Of the three carriers,I would go for ATT. Performance on the ATT network is quite impressive.
    http://Ethr.net jay@ethr.net
    West Coast AT&T / Level3 / Savvis Bandwidth, Colocation, Dedicated Server, Managed IP Service, Hardware Load Balancing Service, Transport Service, 365 Main St, SFO / 200 Paul Ave, SFO / PAIX, PAO / Market Post Tower, 55 S. Market, SJC / 11 Great Oaks, Equinix, SJC

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    I as always prefer UUNET (Now Verizon Business). But SBC and ATT did team up so I imagine the network would be very rock solid. Qwest is definately a big player as well, and never heard of the other company.

    But my favorite is UUNET by far, they got some serious backbonage kickin!

    Dan

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    Don't forget, with ATT you get the added reassurance that big-brother is spying on all your traffic! ...
    Dedicated Servers, Virtual Machines, Colocation, BGP & IPs
    objx.net - AS33333 - Salt Lake, Utah
    awknet.com - AS17048 - Los Angeles, California

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    Id go with Sav+L3+Someone else Qwest, Global-Xing, and Nlayer. I boycot any telco that is public about sleeping with big bro. If I don't know I don't care though ;-p

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    Quote Originally Posted by JewlzK
    newedgenetworks.com
    NewEdge is now a part of Eart*****.
    [QuickPacket™] [AS46261]
    Located in Ashburn, VA, Los Angeles, CA, Chicago, IL, and Manchester, UK
    Since 2003 - 20+ Years! Dedicated Servers, Co-location, DDoS Filtering, Data Backup & More!

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