Cogent's superior network architecture and virtually unlimited bandwidth enable us to offer impressive network performance, as exemplified below. These statistics are actual performance metrics and are updated monthly.

Cogent offers a very competitive Service Level Agreement (SLA) to all customers.

 

IP Network Performance StatisticsNov
2025
Dec
2025
Jan
2026
Feb
2026
Mar
2026
Apr
2026
Cogent
SLA
Europe
Packet Success Rate
>99.9% >99.9% >99.9% >99.9% >99.9% >99.9% 99.9%
North America
Packet Success Rate
>99.9% >99.9% >99.9% >99.9% >99.9% >99.9% 99.9%
Intra-Europe
Average Backbone Latency (ms)
29.5  29.6 29.6 29.9 30.2 29.9 <35.0
North America
Average Backbone Latency (ms)
37.4  37.9 38.0 38.6 38.2 38.1 <45.0
New York - London
Average Backbone Latency (ms)
67.3 67.2 67.7 70.2 70.4 70.3 <85.0
Los Angeles - Tokyo
Average Backbone Latency (ms)
99.7 99.7 103 119  110 104 <140.0