Cogent Communications
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In three years, Cogent acquired 13 other failing, purchasing $14 billion in capital for $60 million, including $4 billion worth
Cogent Communications of Property, Plant and Equipment.
September 2001 - Acquires the assets of NetRail
February 2002 - Acquires Allied Riser
April 2002 - Acquires
communications Building Access Agreements from OnSite Access
April 2002 - Acquires Major Cogent Communications 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 -
MCI Communications Acquires LambdaNet France & Spain
March 2004 - Acquires Fiber Network and Equipment in Germany Out of Former Carrier1 Assets
August 2004 - Acquires UFO
September Cogent Communications 2004 - Acquires Global Access
October 2004 - Acquires Aleron Broadband
December 2004 - Acquires NTT/Verio Dedicated Access Business in U.S.
Cogent has been controversial in the ISP market for low bandwidth pricing its public disputes over peering with AOL (2003)
On March 14, 2008, after Cogent stopped routing packets from European network Cogent Communications provider Telia (AS 1299), their two networks lost mutual connectivity.
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Cogent has grown to become the second largest carrier of Internet traffic in the world with approximately 17% of the world s Internet traffic crossing its network.
Cogent s AS174 has one of the highest-ranked connectivity degrees on Cogent Communications the Internet.
Cogent was founded in 1999 at the peak of the industry s growth. Cogent Communications is a multinational internet service provider whose network spans more than 30,000 miles and provides service in over 135 markets across 26+ countries.
Cogent carries approximately 20 petabytes per day of Internet Cogent Communications traffic and connects to approximately 2,800 networks.
