Cogent Communications

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.
Public
Traded as NASDAQ: CCOI
Industry Telecommunications
Founded 1999
Headquarters Washington, D.C., U.S.
Key people
Dave Schaeffer Founder/President/CEO
Revenue Increase $ 380.0 million (2014)[1]
Decrease $ 53.90 million (2014)[1]
Decrease $ 797,000 (2014)[1]
Total assets Increase $761.7 million (2014)[1]
Total equity Decrease $83.8 million (2014)[1]
Number of employees
772 (Feb 2014)[1]
Website www.cogentco.com
Primary ASN 174

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.[2]

Cogent's AS (174) has one of the highest-ranked connectivity degrees on the Internet.[3][4]

Acquisition history

Cogent was founded in 1999 at the peak of the industry's growth.[5] 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.[6]

Peering

Cogent has been controversial in the ISP market for low bandwidth pricing and its public disputes over peering with AOL (2003),[16] France Telecom (2006),[17] Level 3 Communications (2005),[18] TeliaSonera (March 2008)[19] and Sprint Nextel (October 2008).[20]

On March 14, 2008, after Cogent stopped routing packets from European network provider Telia (AS 1299), their two networks lost mutual connectivity.[19] The connection was reestablished March 28, 2008 with interconnection points in both the United States and Europe.[21]

On June 6, 2011, Cogent automatically stopped peering with The Department of Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)[22] 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.[23] Cogent and Google have also stopped IPv6 peering in 2016. [24]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Cogent Communications, Form 10-K, Annual Report, Filing Date Feb 27, 2015". secdatabase.com. Retrieved Apr 23, 2015.
  2. "Cogent Communications, Form 10-Q, Quarterly Report, Filing Date Nov 7, 2012" (PDF). secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 27, 2013.
  3. Visualizing Internet Topology at a Macroscopic Scale April 2005
  4. AS ranking
  5. 1 2 "Cogent Communications, Form S-4, Filing Date Oct 16, 2001" (PDF). secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 27, 2013.
  6. Lightwave - Cogent Communications banks on Ethernet over IP
  7. "Cogent Communications, Form 425, Filing Date Aug 29, 2001" (PDF). secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 27, 2013.
  8. "Cogent Communications, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Feb 5, 2002". secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 27, 2013.
  9. "Cogent Communications, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Apr 4, 2002". secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 27, 2013.
  10. "Cogent Communications, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Mar 3, 2003" (PDF). secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 27, 2013.
  11. "Cogent Communications, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Jan 8, 2004". secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 27, 2013.
  12. "Cogent Communications, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Mar 31, 2004" (PDF). secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 27, 2013.
  13. "Cogent Communications, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Sep 17, 2004". secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 27, 2013.
  14. "Cogent Communications, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Oct 29, 2004" (PDF). secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 27, 2013.
  15. "Cogent Communications, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Dec 3, 2004". secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 27, 2013.
  16. Noguchi, Yuki (2002-12-27). "'Peering' Dispute With AOL Slows Cogent Customer Access". Washington Post. Retrieved 2006-09-28.
  17. Kuri, Jürgen; Smith, Robert W. (2005-04-21). "France Telecom severs all network links to competitor Cogent". Heise online. Retrieved 2006-09-28.
  18. Cogent Press release Level3 dispute Oct 7 2005
  19. 1 2 The Telia-Cogent Spat Could Ruin the Web For Many, Om Malik, 2008-03-14
  20. Sprint-Nextel Severs Its Internet Connection to Cogent Communications
  21. Telia resolves internet dispute, http://thelocal.se, Peter Vinthagen Simpson, 2008-03-30
  22. Important: Status regarding Cogent connectivity, Energy Sciences Network press release, Steve Cotter, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
  23. E-mail from Hurricane Electric explaining why the two networks are severed on the nanog (North American Network Operators Group) mailing list
  24. adminhacks.org, March 2016

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