[Ecommerce] Cogent is a Global Neutral Network

[Seth Johnson]

(I have no relationship with Cogent that I know of, except that I
am a free citizen of the United States, not an "information
service" consumer.  I therefore require the Internet as much as
anybody else.  Cogent is #1 in global pure play Internet capacity
and #2 after UUNET [aka MCI, now Verizon] in total traffic.  --
Seth)


Link at bottom of every page on http://www.cogentco.com :

> http://cogentco.com/htdocs/neutrality.php

Net Neutrality

Cogent practices net neutrality. We do not prioritize packet
transmissions on the basis of the content of the packet, the
customer or network that is the source of the packet, or the
customer or network that is the recipient of the packet.

It is Cogent's belief that both the customer and the Internet as
a whole are best served if the application layer remains
independent from the network. Innovation in the development of
new applications is fueled by the individual's ability to reach
as many people as possible without regard to complicated gating
factors such as tiered pricing or bandwidth structures used by
legacy service providers. Applications proliferatein a free
market economy which is the Internet today.


Map of Cogent Network:
> http://cogentco.com/htdocs/map.php


If you want to support a provider of actual Internet connectivity
. . .

* Set up your web server in a Cogent colocation center:
> http://cogentco.com/htdocs/colocation.php

* Arrange for your building to connect via Cogent:
> http://cogentco.com/htdocs/buildings.php


If you need a private prioritized network:
> http://cogentco.com/htdocs/ethernet.php


About Cogent:

> http://cogentco.com/htdocs/about.php

Cogent is a multinational Tier 1 Internet service provider ranked
as the largest Ethernet Service Provider in the United States by
Ovum-RHK and consistently ranked as one of the top five networks
in the world. Our primary service offering consists of Internet
access, data transport, colocation and managed modem services=97all
offered over our award-winning fiber optic, IP data-only network.
We service two customer segments: =93Corporate=94 (small businesses
to Fortune 100 companies) and =93NetCentric=94 (access providers and
content providers whose businesses rely primarily on Internet
access).

Our innovative, facilities-based network spans across North
America, across the Atlantic and throughout Western Europe. With
over 29,500 miles of route fiber, we provide service to over 95
major markets and interconnect with over 1,750 other networks.

Cogent was founded on the premise that bandwidth can be treated
like a commodity=97produce mass amounts and position it for sale
based on price. Leveraging new technologies, we built our own IP
data network independent of the traditional voice-based networks
owned by the RBOCs (Regional Bell Operating Companies). By doing
so, we believed we could reduce the cost of high quality
bandwidth down to a level never before offered in the
marketplace. Less than five years after lighting our network
backbone, we have become widely recognized as one of the largest
carriers of Internet traffic in the world.

We stand apart from our competitors in many areas, but key
differentiators include:

    * Our customer connections are dedicated and
non-oversubscribed
    * Our prices are the lowest in the industry
    * Our diversity from traditional carriers enables redundancy
for customer data
    * Our simple network structure allows for rapid provisioning
    * Our =91self-healing=92 ring architecture design minimizes
outages

Cogent is Smart Business Internet.

Cogent Communications is a public company trading on the NASDAQ
under the symbol CCOI. Cogent is headquartered in Washington,
D.C. For more information, click on the link below.

Contact Us or Call 1-877-875-4432.