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Optical Wavelengths

Robust, secure transport for business-critical data

Cogent's Optical Wavelengths provide high-bandwidth, low-latency, long-haul data transport to support business critical applications, business continuity, and disaster recovery

Applications

Corporations:

  • Enterprise backbone traffic
  • Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery

Carriers & Service Providers

  • High-bandwidth, low-latency connectivity between data centers
  • Multiple unique routes for redundancy and diversity

Delivery

  • In most leading Carrier Neutral Data Centers in North America
    (Find out where) 
  • Diverse coast-to-coast routing options
  • Wholly-owned fiber network
  • Full signal transparency

Interfaces & Options

  • 10G: 10GE LAN-PHY / 10G OTU2e / 10G WAN PHY
  • 100G: 100GE LAN-PHY / 100G OTU4
  • 400G: 400GE LAN-PHY
  • Other interfaces available upon request

Optical Wavelengths Brochure

Learn more about Cogent's dedicated connections, fiber-based technology, and reliable service.

Download our wave network map.

Performance Statistics

Superior network architecture and virtually unlimited bandwidth enable impressive network performance

Service Level Agreement

100% network availability
installation guarantee

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’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

“Knowing that I have my hosting infrastructure backed by Cogent's network has made it easy to build my business because I can depend on the reliability of the network." - Nathaniel Breitbach, CEO and founder, Stapel, LLC

Stapel LLC

Stapel, LLC

 “The whole sales process was so impressive that we pretty much moved away from our existing provider to Cogent.”                                

– Yasser Elgebaly, CEO Sannaptx

Sannaptx

Sanapptx

“Cogent gives me the performance we need, with high reliability, and a great price point. Our data gets where it needs to go superfast and without issues.”
- Ari Perlstein, CTO, Cimplifi

Cimplifi

Cimplifi

“When we chose Cogent, we chose wisely as our reliability and support became the primary reason for new customers”
- Ernie Coldwell, Senior Network Engineer, MU FiberNET

Morristown Utility Systems

Morristown Utility Systems

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