Re: Cogent charging 50/mo for BGP (not IPs, the service)

[H I Baysal <hibaysal () gmail com>]

Indeed, its a one time fee to setup BGP. And as a side note,
I's also separate for v4 and v6 sessions.

I was also taken aback when i heard it the first time.

On 17-10-18 18:12, David Hubbard wrote:
> They charge it even if you’re using your own address space.  It’s a 
> fee simply for establishing BGP with them on a given circuit.  I 
> believe if you used static routes and their space, you would not have 
> to pay it.
>
> *From: *NANOG <nanog-bounces () nanog org> on behalf of Josh Luthman 
> <josh () imaginenetworksllc com>
> *Date: *Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 12:10 PM
> *To: *Brielle Bruns <bruns () 2mbit com>
> *Cc: *NANOG list <nanog () nanog org>
> *Subject: *Re: Cogent charging 50/mo for BGP (not IPs, the service)
>
> I view Cogent IP space as a way to lock customers to their service, ie 
> make them sticky.
>
> Josh Luthman
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>
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 12:03 PM Brielle Bruns <bruns () 2mbit com 
> <mailto:bruns () 2mbit com>> wrote:
>
>     On 10/17/2018 9:47 AM, Josh Luthman wrote:
>     > Has anyone else dealt with this mess?  Even my Cogent rep admits
>     it's
>     > unique to their business.
>
>     That sounds like the BS the first company I worked for tried to pull.
>
>     One would think they'd welcome customers bringing their own IP space
>     since it saves them money by not using up precious Cogent IPv4
>     address
>     space.
>
>     Hell, I even have BGP for v4 and v6 over my CenturyLink biz fiber,
>     and
>     its available as part of the enhanced package they offer with no
>     extra fees.
>
>
>     -- 
>     Brielle Bruns
>     The Summit Open Source Development Group
>     http://www.sosdg.org    / http://www.ahbl.org