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No, Linode just uses HE.net, Cogent, etc.. http://he.net/ http://he.net/ "Get BGP+IPv6+IPv4 for $0.45/Mbps!" Hurricane Electric is pretty cheap. You can hit 2

No, Linode just uses HE.net, Cogent, etc.. http://he.net/ http://he.net/ "Get BGP+IPv6+IPv4 for $0.45/Mbps!" Hurricane Electric is pretty cheap. You can hit 2TB a month on 10mbps. That is only ~$4.50 a month. There are a couple tricks with it: 1) On a $10 Linode, you aren't going to upload 2TB a month unless you are acting as a file server. Any kind of application [say, wordpress] isn't going to do it. 2) The majority of people won't max out their bandwidth usage because they are running app/database servers on Linode. They probably take a small loss on the people maxing out their 2TB a month but on average they aren't. It isn't worth the bad PR to kick a small percentage of small net loss customers. http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1292091 http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1292091 fyi, back in 2013 Cogent was doing sub $1/Mbps as well. Bandwidth from the cheap providers is cheap. The difference is AWS & Google are making their margins on what they charge for bandwidth is my guess.

Igglyboo 12y ago
I've seen Hurricane Electric before but I didn't understand what they were. Can you explain how they are different from a traditional ISP like Comcast?
- derefr 12y ago
  They're an ISP that provides service to data centres, not offices/residences. (And some of those client data centres are run by other ISPs—thus making them a "transit provider" for those ISPs.)
- opendais 12y ago
  The real difference between a 'traditional' ISP and a Level3/Cogent/HE.net/etc is the market space they operate in. Nothing really prevents "Comcast" from acting like "HE" except its not a market they are interested in. HE.net sells to businesses and provides wholesale bandwidth over fiber its purchased and/or leased routes. Traditional ISPs sell to the general public and provide last mile connectivity. They then hook up to Level3/Cogent/HE.Net/etc to provide access to the rest of the internet For example, Comcast doesn't have any international PoPs. http://business.comcast.com/about-us/our-network http://business.comcast.com/about-us/our-network vs. http://he.net/HurricaneElectricNetworkMap.pdf http://he.net/HurricaneElectricNetworkMap.pdf

Igglyboo 12y ago

I've seen Hurricane Electric before but I didn't understand what they were. Can you explain how they are different from a traditional ISP like Comcast?

derefr 12y ago
They're an ISP that provides service to data centres, not offices/residences. (And some of those client data centres are run by other ISPs—thus making them a "transit provider" for those ISPs.)
opendais 12y ago
The real difference between a 'traditional' ISP and a Level3/Cogent/HE.net/etc is the market space they operate in. Nothing really prevents "Comcast" from acting like "HE" except its not a market they are interested in. HE.net sells to businesses and provides wholesale bandwidth over fiber its purchased and/or leased routes. Traditional ISPs sell to the general public and provide last mile connectivity. They then hook up to Level3/Cogent/HE.Net/etc to provide access to the rest of the internet For example, Comcast doesn't have any international PoPs. http://business.comcast.com/about-us/our-network http://business.comcast.com/about-us/our-network vs. http://he.net/HurricaneElectricNetworkMap.pdf http://he.net/HurricaneElectricNetworkMap.pdf