# What's a T3? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 31, 2006, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-a-t3/12730 "2006-05-31T11:12:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-a-t3/12730/21 "2006-05-31T13:15:55Z")
> [@MaximaSE98](#): > > What’s a T3? > > its a Turbo a sophisticated robot sent back in time? ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-a-t3/12730/22 "2006-05-31T13:17:18Z")
haaaaaaaa ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-a-t3/12730/23 "2006-05-31T13:18:15Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > lol oc3 is between 20k and 45k per month. There we go 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-a-t3/12730/24 "2006-05-31T13:19:41Z")
trust me if i was able to tap into the backbone i would quit my job just to download shit all day. ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-a-t3/12730/25 "2006-05-31T13:22:35Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > trust me if i was able to tap into the backbone i would quit my job just to download shit all day. I am under the impression that Cogent has a gigantic backbone around here in midtown, and they have large amount of bandwith coming into the building. Colgate just dropped some of the bandwith and now there’s all this fibre just chillin’ here and wasted bandwith, so they hooked us up pretty hardcore. ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-a-t3/12730/26 "2006-05-31T13:26:40Z")
FIOS is OC-12 split among 32 users. you have to wonder why so cheap tho. From what ive read they Verizon owns theyre own backbones, at least they arent jacking up the price. ---
**Author:** ![haner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/haner/32/7626_2.png) [@haner](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/haner)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-a-t3/12730/27 "2006-06-01T17:26:48Z")
I had dual OC-48’s at my last job. I hid a few servers there before I quit (that’s why I have more than 2TB uploaded on some private torrent trackers). Anyway, being single-homed to Cogent is really bad since they’re considered the bottom of the barrel IP transit. If your company has money, setup a bgp with another provider so if 1 of the 2 transit’s die, your network is still up. If you guys want cheap, look into [yipes.com](http://yipes.com). They mostly route through level3 which is pretty decent. ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-a-t3/12730/28 "2006-06-01T19:53:26Z")
> [@haner](#): > > I had dual OC-48’s at my last job. I hid a few servers there before I quit (that’s why I have more than 2TB uploaded on some private torrent trackers). > > Anyway, being single-homed to Cogent is really bad since they’re considered the bottom of the barrel IP transit. If your company has money, setup a bgp with another provider so if 1 of the 2 transit’s die, your network is still up. If you guys want cheap, look into [yipes.com](http://yipes.com). They mostly route through level3 which is pretty decent. I’d like to think Howie’s company is smarter than to have one source for internet since it sounds like it is part of their livelihood. I can see it now, “we have a partial T for a backup to the internet from Verizon…” Or better yet, "We have a DSL connection on backup… " ---
**Author:** ![sureshot007](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot007/32/7345_2.png) [@sureshot007](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot007)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2006, 5:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-a-t3/12730/29 "2006-06-02T05:47:55Z")
> [@BuickGN](#): > > trust me if i was able to tap into the backbone i would quit my job just to download shit all day. just work at UB like I do… ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2006, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-a-t3/12730/30 "2006-06-02T09:34:56Z")
> [@haner](#): > > I had dual OC-48’s at my last job. I hid a few servers there before I quit (that’s why I have more than 2TB uploaded on some private torrent trackers). > > Anyway, being single-homed to Cogent is really bad since they’re considered the bottom of the barrel IP transit. If your company has money, setup a bgp with another provider so if 1 of the 2 transit’s die, your network is still up. If you guys want cheap, look into [yipes.com](http://yipes.com). They mostly route through level3 which is pretty decent. Oh, don’t worry - we are going to retain our current Ts - this is just to help with bandwith issues. plus we don’t want to give up our IP blocks… [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-a-t3/12730.md?page=1)