[on-asterisk] 151 Front Street - Connectivity

[Lloyd Aloysius]

Hi All

Who can provide the connectivity with unlimited data usage. Our current
provider charge for the usage. We do not want to change the colocation and
we want to bring in a new connection with more data usage.

Any direction is appreciated.

Thanks
Lloyd

[Ivan Kovacevic]

Lloyd,

As far as I know, most DIA services are unlimited data usage (in terms of
monthly bandwidth). And most providers are in 151... Level 3, Allstream,
Rogers, Cogent... take your pick... Is that what you mean

Best Regards,

Ivan Kovacevic
Vice President, Client Services
Star Telecom | www.startelecom.ca | SIP Based Services for Contact Centers

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[Lloyd Aloysius]

Ivan

Thank you. Our current bandwidth pricing is expensive.

Bandwidth 1 Mbps $40.00.

or

350 GB Transfer = $175 per month ($0.50 per GB) overages $0.80 per GB
500 GB Transfer = $200 per month ($0.40 per GB) overages $0.70 per GB

I will speak to one of the provider and see if I can get a connection in my
cabinet.



Thanks
Lloyd

[Ivan Kovacevic]

No problem and by the way the list is a lot longer…



Just keep in mind that what you get from a carrier is not the same internet
access as you are buying from your provider. Colos generally run their own
multi-homed, BGP enabled access which (in theory) gives better uptime and
better routing resulting in fewer outages and lower latency/less jitter. I
say in theory, because in practice this may not be the case as they may
force all traffic down the cheapest route.



If you are using the connectivity for VoIP, some providers may be better
than others so DIA from Cogent may not be the same as DIA from Level3 or
Tata. Really important to do your research.

Best Regards,



Ivan Kovacevic

Vice President, Client Services

Star Telecom | www.startelecom.ca | SIP Based Services for Contact Centers

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*From:* Lloyd Aloysius [mailto:lloyd.a...@gmail.com]
*Sent:* Monday, April 06, 2015 10:26 AM
*To:* Ivan Kovacevic
*Cc:* Asterisk Users Group
*Subject:* Re: [on-asterisk] 151 Front Street - Connectivity

[Philip Mullis]

Just throwing this out there, several providers offer bw from the 50cent to
one dollar range at 151. Being charged 40$ per mbit is rape.

Ovh in montreal will.give u gige unlimited with a server for less than 200
a month.

I guess some people still charge what they did in 2000 and get away with it.

[Ivan Kovacevic]

It's called having a captive audience :)

Lloyd's pain of paying is probably less than the pain of having to forklift
everything out of this particular Colo.

Best Regards,

Ivan Kovacevic
Vice President, Client Services
Star Telecom | www.startelecom.ca | SIP Based Services for Contact Centers |

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[Marc Carrafiello]

And just to pile on the thread..

You want to be careful about buying from a tier 1 supplier. While the
price is amazing, you aren't getting blended internet that has other
upstream providers and some local peering thrown in.

For example, if you grab yourself 100Mbit of DIA for an unbelievable price
from "Mr Big Tier 1 Backbone", you aren't getting yourself much diversity
from an Internet standpoint, and certainly not local (Toronto) peering. So
local users might have to go a few extra hops and a few extra miles to hit
a site that would otherwise just hop through Torix. You also have a single
point of failure. If something happens with the network or peering of your
upstream provider and the rest of the internet, you have no routing
diversity. For example, when Cogent and Level 3 argued about peering and
split the Internet, you'd have been invisible or unreliable to a chunk of
the world if you were only using one of those 2 vendors. Another example,
when Level 3 hit their BGP entry limit last year they destabilized the
Internet, and my ISP decided to stop using Level 3 for a little while until
it got remediated. I'm not saying any one vendor is good or bad, I'm
saying that a smart person doesn't put all their Internet routing eggs in
one basket.

If I had an ASN, and was simply looking to advertise my IP networks on
multiple tier 1 carriers, then I'd pull the trigger on super cheap
bandwidth from a couple of "Mr Big Tier 1 Backbone" providers along with
setting up peering at Torix, but I don't have that yet, so I opt to buy the
little more expensive blended internet that gets me network path diversity
and Torix.

$5 to $15 per Mbit is what I've seen (recently) for good quality blended
DIA at 151 Front.

And that is my 2 cw..


-Marc