I can&#x27;t really speak for that area. But if I chose out of three you listed, it would be L3.<p>A close friend of mine spent years managing the network of a smaller ISP in the northeast using both Cogent&#x2F;HE for their eyeball network, and he was constantly telling me about packet loss issues with Cogent. On the other hand, I haven&#x27;t seen as many issues with HE as a whole, more localized.<p>Either way using the cheaper options is a good choice if you want to keep costs low during expansion. Hell, it&#x27;s probably still better than what I see through TWC.