Cogent Communications
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| Traded as |
NASDAQ: CCOI S&P 600 Component |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
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Key people
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Dave Schaeffer (CEO)/Founder/President |
| Revenue |  $ 380.0 million (2014) |
 $ 53.90 million (2014)
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$ 797,000 (2014)
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| Total assets |
$761.7 million (2014)
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| Total equity |
$83.8 million (2014)
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Number of employees
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772 (Feb 2014) |
| 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.
Cogent's AS (174) has one of the highest-ranked connectivity degrees on the Internet.
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.
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.
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