Internets down?
Internets down?
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- justjeff0
Cogent has always sold bandwidth for much lower than market rate (as low as $10 / Mbps , depending on where you are), which really screws some of the big providers. They get away with it by:
1) Peering as much as possible, rather than paying for transit
2) Losing money quarter after quarter.This is both damaging to the industry and dangerous, as they're essentially screwing the pricing model for EVERYONE while they kill themselves and damage their customers' collective reputations on each depeering blackout.
I'd like to see Cogent disappear or be bought out by one of the big guys, but I don't think it's going to happen in the next few years.
// yes, this should be new to you
// yes, I do this for a living.