[on-asterisk] Any feedback on Cogent Datacenters (151 + North York) and Cogent Internet Connections?
Chuck Mariotti
We haven’t seen any negative feedback on them and wanted to reach out to see what people have to say or alternatives.
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Ivan Kovacevic
I am a big fan of Priority Colo (https://www.prioritycolo.com/ ) … tend to
stay away from the too-big-to-be-flexible outfits.
We have been with PC since 2005 and they are great in terms of support,
flexibility and uptime. We moved into their second (Markham) location about
a year ago.
I would highly recommend. Happy to send an Intro email if it’s of interest.
Best Regards,
Ivan Kovacevic
Star Telecom | www.startelecom.ca | SIP Based Services for Contact Centers
*From:* Chuck Mariotti [mailto:cmar...@xunity.com]
*Sent:* Tuesday, May 26, 2015 2:24 PM
*To:* asterisk Mailing
*Subject:* [on-asterisk] Any feedback on Cogent Datacenters (151 + North
York) and Cogent Internet Connections?
We haven’t seen any negative feedback on them and wanted to reach out to
see what people have to say or alternatives.
Regards,
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Bill Sandiford
Most any of the companies that are in 151 Front are very good (Priority Colo, Accelerated Connections, Cologix, Neutral Data, etc).
I have no experience with Cogent data centres but I can tell you that their internet connections are pretty good (now). I added the "now" in brackets because many years ago (4+ years ago) they were awful. They had all sorts of problems and developed a bad name. They fixed those problems and have been rock solid for a number of years. As you have undoubtedly noticed, they are very price aggressive as well. Another price aggressive and reliable company to look at is Hurricane Electric.
Regards,
Bill
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From: Chuck Mariotti
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 2:24 PM
To: asterisk Mailing
Subject: [on-asterisk] Any feedback on Cogent Datacenters (151 + North York) and Cogent Internet Connections?
We haven’t seen any negative feedback on them and wanted to reach out to see what people have to say or alternatives.
Regards,
Chuck Mariotti - CTO / Co-Founder
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Xunity Inc.
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Toronto, Ontario, M4J 3T3
Philip Mullis
reputation. Bill made a good comment on that already.
Its a broad question your asking though Chuck, what are you looking at
hosting or doing ?
If your looking at cost effective look at ovh or soyoustart, they include
the servers for less than space+power at most data-centers, don't ever use
them for critical voice though. (great for web stuffs/mail) they are 3 9's .
Digital oceans and vultr have 5$ ssd based high performance vm's these
honestly will fit most types of applications fine (unless you have a client
that wants to host windows *shudder*)
Data-centers are starting to make less and less sense, the market is
ridiculously competitive now.
If you are going into a data-center, look at the applications and services
you are going to run. If its run of the mill, look at the 3rd parties,
you'll mitigate your costs and headaches of maintaining your own stuff.
If its going to be some die hard setup, you will probably want to venture
further down the rabbit hole and get a bgp asn and multiple internet up
streams to give you better redundancy and routing options. You will also
want to get on a peering ring like TORIX or several of the others. You will
rarley find direct access to these at single carrier branded colos.
ok that was my 2 cent rant. Happy hunting.
Regards,
Philip Mullis
On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 2:24 PM, Chuck Mariotti <cmar...@xunity.com>
wrote:
> We haven’t seen any negative feedback on them and wanted to reach out to
> see what people have to say or alternatives.
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> Regards,
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Chuck Mariotti
Thanks everyone…
To clarify, we currently have a rack at Beanfield at 151 that we have been happy with… application/web hosting and Hosted PBX, amongst others, is what we have there… Cogent cold called us and has been aggressive at pricing us to move to their racks at 151 or North York… The move would have to be to be worth it… the idea of switching subnets upsets my stomach but it has triggered some long needed internal discussions and is being seriously considered. Really, I would love to get Beanfield quality or better and a reasonably priced SIP Trunk provider in the same room or building.
We have also found their business internet connection pricing to be fairly aggressive and looking at them for a few clients at the moment… they seem to focus on themselves as “Not Cheap”, but I’m not sure what that means exactly… but I am taking the grand tour shortly.
I would ultimately like to get a few providers that I can present to clients that offer internet, Virtual Trunks/SIP, etc… that are alternatives to Rogers/Bell/Telus… The client’s best interest is what I have in mind.
Regards,
Chuck
From: Philip Mullis [mailto:phi...@pennytel.ca]
Sent: May-26-15 8:12 PM
To: Chuck Mariotti
Cc: asterisk Mailing
Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Any feedback on Cogent Datacenters (151 + North York) and Cogent Internet Connections?
Cogent over the last decade has made a pretty good come back on there reputation. Bill made a good comment on that already.
Its a broad question your asking though Chuck, what are you looking at hosting or doing ?
If your looking at cost effective look at ovh or soyoustart, they include the servers for less than space+power at most data-centers, don't ever use them for critical voice though. (great for web stuffs/mail) they are 3 9's .
Digital oceans and vultr have 5$ ssd based high performance vm's these honestly will fit most types of applications fine (unless you have a client that wants to host windows *shudder*)
Data-centers are starting to make less and less sense, the market is ridiculously competitive now.
If you are going into a data-center, look at the applications and services you are going to run. If its run of the mill, look at the 3rd parties, you'll mitigate your costs and headaches of maintaining your own stuff.
If its going to be some die hard setup, you will probably want to venture further down the rabbit hole and get a bgp asn and multiple internet up streams to give you better redundancy and routing options. You will also want to get on a peering ring like TORIX or several of the others. You will rarley find direct access to these at single carrier branded colos.
ok that was my 2 cent rant. Happy hunting.
Regards,
Philip Mullis
On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 2:24 PM, Chuck Mariotti <cmar...@xunity.com> wrote:
We haven’t seen any negative feedback on them and wanted to reach out to see what people have to say or alternatives.
Regards,
Chuck Mariotti - CTO / Co-Founder
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To clarify… I took the tour and there was a misunderstanding… they did NOT open up a datacenter location at 151… Only the North York location.
