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Type
  
Founded
  
1999

Revenue
  
380 million USD (2014)

Industry
  
Telecommunications

Operating income
  
$ 53.90 million (2014)

Subsidiaries
  
COGENT CANADA, INC

Cogent Communications

Traded as
  
NASDAQ: CCOIS&P 600 Component

Key people
  
Dave Schaeffer (CEO)/Founder/President

CEO
  
Dave Schaeffer (Aug 1999–)

Stock price
  
CCOI (NASDAQ) US$ 39.45 -0.45 (-1.13%)7 Mar, 4:00 PM GMT-5 - Disclaimer

Headquarters
  
Washington, D.C., United States

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Cogent Communications is a multinational internet service provider based in the United States. Cogent's primary services consist of Internet access and data transport, offered on fiber optic, IP data-only network, along with colocation in data centers.

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Cogent's AS (174) has one of the highest-ranked connectivity degrees on the Internet.

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Acquisition history

Cogent was founded in 1999 at the peak of the industry's growth. In three years, Cogent acquired 13 other failing carriers, purchasing $14 billion in capital for $60 million, including $4 billion worth of Property, Plant and Equipment.

  • September 2001 - Acquires the assets of NetRail
  • February 2002 - Acquires Allied Riser
  • April 2002 - Acquires Building Access Agreements from OnSite Access
  • April 2002 - Acquires Major US Assets of PSINet
  • September 2002 - Acquires Major Assets of FiberCity Networks
  • February 2003 - Acquires Fiber Network Solutions
  • May 2003 - Acquires Assets of Applied Theory
  • January 2004 - Acquires LambdaNet France & Spain
  • March 2004 - Acquires Fiber Network and Equipment in Germany Out of Former Carrier1 Assets
  • September 2004 - Acquires Global Access
  • October 2004 - Acquires Aleron Broadband
  • December 2004 - Acquires NTT/Verio Dedicated Access Business in U.S.
  • Peering

    Cogent has been controversial in the ISP market for low bandwidth pricing and its public disputes over peering with AOL (2003), France Telecom (2006), Level 3 Communications (2005), TeliaSonera (March 2008) and Sprint Nextel (October 2008).

    On March 14, 2008, after Cogent stopped routing packets from European network provider Telia (AS 1299), their two networks lost mutual connectivity. The connection was reestablished March 28, 2008 with interconnection points in both the United States and Europe.

    On June 6, 2011, Cogent automatically stopped peering with The Department of Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) causing a disruption for 3 days.

    Cogent has yet to agree on peering with one of the biggest IPv6 connectivity providers, Hurricane Electric. As of March 2016, direct connectivity between the two networks is impossible. Cogent and Google have also stopped IPv6 peering in 2016. This is rumored to be closely tied to Cogent leveraging Google's IPv4 traffic via a paid customer or to maintain SFI with another network.

    In February 2017, Cogent blocked many pirating and streaming sites including The Pirate Bay. This was unintentional due to a poorly crafted Spanish court order.

    References

    Cogent Communications Wikipedia


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