Nov, 2001 : Cogent Completes Rollout to 20 Cities, Backbone Expansion
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👈 Official Responses: 0), an optical ISP,marked its one-year anniversary of lighting up its own national networkThursday by announcing completion of Cogent's planned network rollout to 20U.S cities.
Simultaneous to the rollout, Cogent completed a bandwidth expansion acrossits entire network from 10 Gbps to 80 Gbps, creating the nation's largest IPbackbone. Since adding service to Los Angeles in August, Cogent has addedservice to Atlanta, Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, Miami, San Diego,Sacramento, and most recently, Seattle, completing its goal of being in 20cities by the end of 2001.
"Cogent continues to remain committed to providing low price, ultra-highspeed Internet connectivity to businesses located in major metropolitanareas throughout the country. Execution by the management team and staff hasbeen critical, both in terms of lowering operating costs and meetinginvestor expectations. I applaud them for their tireless efforts thus far,"said Dave Schaeffer, CEO and founder, Cogent Communications. "Lookingforward, Cogent will continue to expand its footprint in these 20 citieswhile continuing to penetrate deeper into the customer base in buildingsalready on-network."
Cogent's price of $1000 for 100 Mbps has been instrumental in attractingcustomers, particularly small- and mid-sized businesses that wish to realizecost-savings. "The 'bang for the buck' simply can't be beat: no long termcontract, no hidden fees, and 100 Mbps service at the same price point atwhich we had T-1 service. It was hard to find anything not to like," saidFrank Whidden, director MIS at the Council on Foundations.
Also this year, Cogent was recognized as the first IP+Optical Cisco PoweredNetwork, ensuring that customer access is delivered over a reliable andproven infrastructure.
🙌 Average Rating: 2 / 10
👍 Good Reviews: 0
👎 Bad Reviews: 1
👈 Official Responses: 0), an optical ISP,marked its one-year anniversary of lighting up its own national networkThursday by announcing completion of Cogent's planned network rollout to 20U.S cities.
Simultaneous to the rollout, Cogent completed a bandwidth expansion acrossits entire network from 10 Gbps to 80 Gbps, creating the nation's largest IPbackbone. Since adding service to Los Angeles in August, Cogent has addedservice to Atlanta, Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, Miami, San Diego,Sacramento, and most recently, Seattle, completing its goal of being in 20cities by the end of 2001.
"Cogent continues to remain committed to providing low price, ultra-highspeed Internet connectivity to businesses located in major metropolitanareas throughout the country. Execution by the management team and staff hasbeen critical, both in terms of lowering operating costs and meetinginvestor expectations. I applaud them for their tireless efforts thus far,"said Dave Schaeffer, CEO and founder, Cogent Communications. "Lookingforward, Cogent will continue to expand its footprint in these 20 citieswhile continuing to penetrate deeper into the customer base in buildingsalready on-network."
Cogent's price of $1000 for 100 Mbps has been instrumental in attractingcustomers, particularly small- and mid-sized businesses that wish to realizecost-savings. "The 'bang for the buck' simply can't be beat: no long termcontract, no hidden fees, and 100 Mbps service at the same price point atwhich we had T-1 service. It was hard to find anything not to like," saidFrank Whidden, director MIS at the Council on Foundations.
Also this year, Cogent was recognized as the first IP+Optical Cisco PoweredNetwork, ensuring that customer access is delivered over a reliable andproven infrastructure.
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