"Also, I remember when there were only half as many tier 1s, so if they're a cartel keeping new members out they aren't doing a very good job of it." As eviden

"Also, I remember when there were only half as many tier 1s, so if they're a cartel keeping new members out they aren't doing a very good job of it." As evidence for your point I would point to Hurricane Electric (he.net) who I have found to be very progressive, cost-competitive and easy to work with. For historical reasons we[1] are connected with init7 throughout Europe but in the United States and Asia we work with he.net anywhere that we can. [1] rsync.net has a long-standing (15+ year) relationship with init7 in Zurich.