Hurricane Electric was recently featured for their influence on Internet transit providers by Seeking Alpha. From the article:
There are a lot of transit providers in the market, but many get confused as some companies just sell transit, while others sell a wider portfolio of products. For example, one of Cogent’s (CCOI) core products is selling transit, while others like Level 3 (LVLT) sell transit, but also VPN, CDN, WAN optimization and a host of other managed services. Many transit providers also only sell access in specific regions of the world, while others sell in multiple continents. Combined, there are lots of transit providers all over the world, of all sizes. While not a complete list, some of the more well known transit providers are:
- AT&T (T)
- CenturyLink (CTL)
- Cogent
- GTT
- Hurricane Electric
- KPN
- Level 3
- NTT Communications
- Sprint (S)
- Tata Communications (TCL)
- Telefonica (TEF)
- TeliaSonera (OTCPK:TLSNY)
- Verizon (VZ)
- XO Communications
A lot of mainstream outlets talk about transit, but never seem to mention what it costs. While transit prices are all over the map based on location and quality of what is being bought, today, most transit in the U.S. costs less than $1 per Mbps, for large volume deals.
