Cogent Communications
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| Public | |
| Traded as | NASDAQ: CCOI |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Key people | Dave Schaeffer Founder/President/CEO |
| Revenue |
 $ 380.0 million (2014)[1] |
 $ 53.90 million (2014)[1] | |
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$ 797,000 (2014)[1] | |
| Total assets |
$761.7 million (2014)[1] |
| Total equity |
$83.8 million (2014)[1] |
Number of employees | 772 (Feb 2014)[1] |
| Website | www.cogentco.com |
| Primary ASN | 174 |
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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.[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]
- September 2001 - Acquires the assets of NetRail[5]
- February 2002 - Acquires Allied Riser[7][8]
- April 2002 - Acquires Building Access Agreements from OnSite Access
- April 2002 - Acquires Major US Assets of PSINet[9]
- September 2002 - Acquires Major Assets of FiberCity Networks
- February 2003 - Acquires Fiber Network Solutions[10]
- May 2003 - Acquires Assets of Applied Theory
- January 2004 - Acquires LambdaNet France & Spain[11]
- March 2004 - Acquires Fiber Network and Equipment in Germany Out of Former Carrier1 Assets[12]
- September 2004 - Acquires Global Access[13]
- October 2004 - Acquires Aleron Broadband[14]
- December 2004 - Acquires NTT/Verio Dedicated Access Business in U.S.[15]
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 2 3 4 5 6 "Cogent Communications, Form 10-K, Annual Report, Filing Date Feb 27, 2015". secdatabase.com. Retrieved Apr 23, 2015.
- ↑ "Cogent Communications, Form 10-Q, Quarterly Report, Filing Date Nov 7, 2012" (PDF). secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 27, 2013.
- ↑ Visualizing Internet Topology at a Macroscopic Scale April 2005
- ↑ AS ranking
- 1 2 "Cogent Communications, Form S-4, Filing Date Oct 16, 2001" (PDF). secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 27, 2013.
- ↑ Lightwave - Cogent Communications banks on Ethernet over IP
- ↑ "Cogent Communications, Form 425, Filing Date Aug 29, 2001" (PDF). secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 27, 2013.
- ↑ "Cogent Communications, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Feb 5, 2002". secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 27, 2013.
- ↑ "Cogent Communications, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Apr 4, 2002". secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 27, 2013.
- ↑ "Cogent Communications, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Mar 3, 2003" (PDF). secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 27, 2013.
- ↑ "Cogent Communications, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Jan 8, 2004". secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 27, 2013.
- ↑ "Cogent Communications, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Mar 31, 2004" (PDF). secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 27, 2013.
- ↑ "Cogent Communications, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Sep 17, 2004". secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 27, 2013.
- ↑ "Cogent Communications, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Oct 29, 2004" (PDF). secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 27, 2013.
- ↑ "Cogent Communications, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Dec 3, 2004". secdatabase.com. Retrieved Mar 27, 2013.
- ↑ Noguchi, Yuki (2002-12-27). "'Peering' Dispute With AOL Slows Cogent Customer Access". Washington Post. Retrieved 2006-09-28.
- ↑ Kuri, Jürgen; Smith, Robert W. (2005-04-21). "France Telecom severs all network links to competitor Cogent". Heise online. Retrieved 2006-09-28.
- ↑ Cogent Press release Level3 dispute Oct 7 2005
- 1 2 The Telia-Cogent Spat Could Ruin the Web For Many, Om Malik, 2008-03-14
- ↑ Sprint-Nextel Severs Its Internet Connection to Cogent Communications
- ↑ Telia resolves internet dispute, http://thelocal.se, Peter Vinthagen Simpson, 2008-03-30
- ↑ Important: Status regarding Cogent connectivity, Energy Sciences Network press release, Steve Cotter, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
- ↑ E-mail from Hurricane Electric explaining why the two networks are severed on the nanog (North American Network Operators Group) mailing list
- ↑ adminhacks.org, March 2016