Buyer guides
Plain-English guides to buying IP transit and bandwidth
Bandwidth procurement is full of jargon that vendors use without defining. These guides start from first principles: what transit actually is, how it differs from peering, what the per-Mbps price leaves out, and which carrier characteristics matter when your traffic has a latency budget.
How to evaluate an IP transit provider
The shortlist questions that matter before you sign a transit contract, from network reach to SLA terms.
BGP peering vs transit: what infrastructure buyers need to know
Two fundamentally different ways to connect networks, and when each one is the right choice for your traffic.
How to choose a bandwidth provider for low-latency applications
Latency is not just a speed number. A guide to selecting bandwidth providers when round-trip time actually matters.