Picking An IP Transit Provider
Whether you are a web host, game server host, or dedicated server host, if you don’t run your own BGP network, you’ll have the task of using an IP transit provider to power your network. Choosing the right IP transit provider is absolutely essential to the stability and success of your host. Should you choose the wrong host, it can cause a lot of problems. Oh, and if you are running a business, angry customers. The right IP Transit host makes life happier! The following tips should help your search.
How impressive is the host’s network performance?
At peak times- not just during the day. 6pm-8pm is usually the busiest time for a network. This is when people are home from work. Now is the tradition for families not to communicate with each other, but to log on social media websites and send messages over there. Thus this is when you will find a network at its busiest. There are lots of tests you can run on a network, such as ping or MTR. Do you get any packet loss? Any high pings? What is the latency like? Test other hosts at the same time- who performs best?.
How long does the host take to reply to emails?
Can you imagine that? Emailing at varying times should indicate what sort of support you’ll get at different times of the day.
Do they know their stuff?
Do some research on the transit provider, and test them. What sort of traffic are they pushing? Who are their upstream providers? What networking equipment do they utilise? Compare other hosts. Find out why they will be the best host for you.
Do they have a good track record for network reliability?
Here’s a little know fact. If you can’t find any bad reviews on them, its generally a good thing! There are hosting forums, such as WHC that offer a search area. You can search for on these forums. Alternatively Google will probably bring out a few results. Do they have any good reviews? Unlikely! Remember people generally only talk about a provider or service when it’s going wong. No reviews could mean the provider is doing a good job therefore! Should you find lots of bad reviews, it could mean one of two things. Firstly that the IP Transit host is not particularly good. However also bear in mind it could simply mean they have a lot of customers. More customers mean more people to find small faults. So bear that in mind when reading such reviews.
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