Tips For Wholesale Buyers of European Long Haul Wavelengths
There is strong demand for wavelengths connecting Europe's key routes like London/Paris, Amsterdam/London, Amsterdam/Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Paris, Paris/Marseille, Zurich/Frankfurt, Milano/Marseille, Madrid/Paris, Madrid/Lisbon, etc. Much of this involves African ISPs that come to Europe to peer and buy transit as well as Indian and Asian firms. But Europe is different. A 100G wavelength varies from the mid to upper 800 Euros per month to the mid 1500 Euros depending on term, route, physical diversity, latency, etc. Because rates are low focusing on price is a mistake. Don't be transactional like a certain American President. You will save little because prices are already low, but sacrifice a lot in terms of latency, time waiting for price quotes, delivery, uptime, routing options and commercial flexibility. For example, my favorite provider has fast routes for general bandwidth users that are usually 1 to 4 milliseconds lower latency than the rest of the pack. So you can save ...