[LUNI] Level3 Replacement

[Seva Epsteyn]

I am a little confused if you are talking about access from your office or 
co-location.

For co-location it probably doesn't matters if it's in downtown, so there 
are a lot of options, including vendor-neutral ones like Equinix.

I mostly agree with Lance about Cogent and Yipes.  You can also call up 
AT&T and Verizon Business as they also offer Ethernet service.

-Seva

On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, Hassan, Lance wrote:

> That would depend on how near the backbone you want to be and what you need
> for bandwidth. We use Cogent and it has been sweet but other than handling
> DNS there are no services and this is fiber so you need to be in or very
> near a building with a drop. Yipes is for all practical purposes backbone. I
> have also been getting bugged by a company called Towerstream for WIFImax
> but have no experience. In the past we have had DSL through XO but like
> everyone else in town DSL service at least for commercial is risky because
> no one wants to service, they would rather have you pay for T-1 or a Frac
> T-1 which for us the price for the fiber actually worked out better.  
> 
> 
> Thank You
> Lance Hassan
> Roy Talman and Associates
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Pribyl [mailto:linux at unliketea.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 3:51 PM
> To: " Linux Users Of Northern Illinois - Technical Discussion " 
> Subject: [LUNI] Level3 Replacement
> 
> Hey Folks,
> 
> At work we currently use Level3 as our CoLoc ISP.  I am having loads of
> trouble with them from a sales and support stand point.
> 
> I am looking for near backbone access in downtown Chicago.
> 
> Does anyone have a recommendation, experiences good or bad?
> 
> Thanks
> Steve
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