Reviews:
 ·Optimum Online
 ·Verizon FiOS
| 2nd tier vs 1st tier? This is more a battle between 1st tier & 2nd tier providers who do international traffic. While these costs have been going $$ UPward $$(as the case is with everything else).. Cogent wants to be the cutthroat renegade to buck the trend. The more they do this, the more they risk alienating themselves from peering with big U.S. carriers because of the retaliation that will occur with big European tier-1 providers. Meanwhile, more and more foreign investors are buying up and / or building infrastructure in the U.S. / North American market.. sooner or later, Cogent won't have enough clout & will either merge or be bought out by another carrier. This is what probably worries the likes of Comcast.. they're starting to build their own links throughout the U.S. or be at risk for a major bandwidth cost increase in the near future. |
