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IP Transit

The best value powered by the most interconnected network

Cogent helps you deliver the Internet to your customers - what they need, where and when they need it, at the lowest latency and the highest throughput.

Applications

Carriers & Service Providers

  • Connect your network to Cogent's to directly reach thousands of other networks worldwide
  • Deliver the most popular applications and content to your end-users with fewer hops and lower latency

Applications & Content Providers

  • Expand your business opportunities by reaching more consumers with high-bandwidth and low latency connections
  • Whether your business is gaming, streaming, social networking, VoIP, or business & personal applications, we can help you deliver to more customers, in more places, faster. 

Delivery

In more data centers than any other Tier 1 carrier worldwide

  • In over 1,769 data centers worldwide
    • 1,668+ carrier neutral data centers
    • 101+ Cogent Data Centers
  • Also at any other customer premises, submarine cable landing stations, or other high-traffic locations.

Interfaces & Options

A wide range of interfaces and connection speeds:

  • Gigabit Ethernet (100 Mbps to 1 Gbps)
  • 10 Gigabit Ethernet (500 Mbps to 10 Gbps)
  • 100 Gigabit Ethernet (10 Gbps to 100 Gbps)
  • 400 Gigabit Ethernet (100 Gbps to 400 Gbps)

Other Options:

  • BGP or static routing configuration | Multiple BGP sessions on single port
  • IPv4 | IPv6 native / dual stack | Primary / Secondary DNS
  • Link Aggregation (LAG) | Black Hole server for DDOS protection

IP Transit Brochure

Learn more about Cogent's reliable, scalable and affordable bandwidth on the world's most interconnected network.

Performance Statistics

Superior network architecture and virtually unlimited bandwidth enable impressive network performance

Service Level Agreement

100% network availability
99.9% packet delivery
<45 ms round trip latency (North America)
proactive outage notification

Support Center

Customer Support available 24x7x365
Connect with a knowledgeable, local representative on the first ring

Hear from Our Customers

AECOM reduced their costs and found an increase in performance at Cogent-serviced locations

AECOM

AECOM

National law firm sees clear evidences of increased productivity in Cogent connected offices

Blank Rome

Blank Rome, LLP

Cogent has helped CDN77 to scale their business, as well as expand into previously untapped markets due to the breadth of the network.

CDN77

Cogent delivers a fast, reliable connection and superior customer service at a reasonable price

St. John's College

Cogent delivers scalable bandwidth and responsive service to facilitate law firm's day-to-day business


Payne & Fears LLP

phoenixNAP streamlines service delivery and provides better customer experience with Cogent


phoenixNAP

The City of Monroe delivers broadband Internet to 5,000 customers thanks to Cogent's high quality and low price.

City of Monroe

Cogent connects Cloudhelix to Amazon Web Services for hybrid cloud solution


Cloudhelix

Cloudhelix

Cogent Dedicated Internet Access service installed 20 times faster than reseller of RBOC services

Cadwalader Wickersham and Taft

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

“Cogent gave us a point of contact, who walked ups all the way through… and once that process got started it happened just the way my contact said it would. All in all it was a really smooth process.”

- Vontoba Terry, Co-Founder and COO, Urban Hydration

urban hydration

Urban Hydration

"With most vendors, it seems like there’s always a fault of some level of significance…For Dave [Purks], it’s fire and forget, and he has run my experience very well."

- CJ Winslow, Founder, Foodtronix

foodtronix

Foodtronix

“The times I’ve needed anything from Cogent, not once did I sigh or hesitate because I have never felt like Cogent hustles me around like the other provider does. Every interaction with Cogent has been good, both in sales and in support”
- Sam Hall, IT Manager & Network Engineer, Bourland, Wall & Wenzel P.C.

BWW

Bourland, Wall & Wenzel P.C.

“My research before switching clearly indicated that Cogent offered the specific technical capabilities that aligned perfectly with our requirements.”

– Roy Loshak, CIO, R&B Industrial Supply Company

R&B Industrial Supply Company

R&B Industrial Supply Company

“Cogent’s sales and support team have technical expertise and are easy to reach.” – Brian Roche, Bay Country Communications, Inc.
  

Bay Country Communications

“Cogent's stable network, and IP provides us with high quality services and lay the foundation for us to provide high quality services to our customers.”

- Ansel Wang, Business Development Director, kookeey

kookeey

kookeey Network Co. Limited

“We have worked with many providers over the years, but the relationship that we have with Cogent has been the best.”

- Petr Kral, Founder, FDC Servers

FDC Servers

FDC Servers

“Cogent was able to provide us colocation and bandwidth services within a week’s notice.” - Jeff Liegel, Engineer at iTalk Global Communication

iTalk Global Communication

“Our deep analysis of the telco market in our region showed that Cogent has an unbeatable SLA and excellent pricing.” - Vjekoslav Dalić, Altus IT

Altus IT

"Cogent’s ability to rapidly provision new and expanded connectivity has provided our technology and digital transformation initiatives a quicker time-to-market.” – Mitchell St. Amant, Chartright Air Group

Chartright Air Group

“We switched from our previous provider to Cogent because we needed more bandwidth with higher reliability. Overall, it has been a win - win for us.” – Mike Hernandez , Senior Network Engineer

CHF Industries

“Cogent provides the reliable Internet connection imperative to all of our operations so we can provide the support our schools expect.”
– Mark Bazin, Cristo Rey Network

Cristo Rey Network

“Since we started using Cogent, this has brought us many improvements.” – Alan Prado, Link + Internet

  

Link + Internet

“Cogent has helped my business by providing consistent, reliable connectivity to my job sites, SaaS applications, and my users without any downtime.”
Mukesh Darke, Nibbi Brothers

Nibbi Brothers General Contractors

“Cogent enables us to sell a very high - quality connection at a cost that keeps us profitable.”
– Kevin Resendes, EndLayer, LLC

EndLayer, LLC

“When we made our switch to Cogent, the provisioning team was able to hot-cut the IP, which made the transition seamless.” – Steve Huang, Manager of IT Operations at Forum One

Forum One

“Our experience of other providers has taught me that not all fiber is created equal, but Cogent’s really delivers.” – Dan Gregory, Technology & Media Leader at CLR Design, Inc

CLR Design, Inc.

“Cogent was chosen originally because of speed and cost, which our previous provider could not match.”

-James Elie, Senior Network Administrator, Edcor

Edcor

Edcor

“One of the great things that Cogent has brought us is our own peace of mind; that we are not wholly reliant on a single service and we have a backup we can rely on.”

– Michael Burwell, I.T. Manager, FirstWatch

FirstWatch

FirstWatch

“The difference between the competitor and Cogent is that I can rely on a positive support experience”

- Matthew Fout, Network Engineer, Auto Approve

Auto Approve

Auto Approve

“Cogent's presence in the international market and ... directly talking to other Tier 1 providers who will be carrying our traffic to different continents.”

- Gladstone Gonsalves, Co-Founder Octaplus Networks LTD

octaplus

Octaplus Networks LTD

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