Sprint-Nextel Severs Its Internet Connection to Cogent Communications
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On October 30 at 4:30 pmSprint-Nextel severed its Internet connection to Cogent thereby partitioningthe Internet. It is no longer possible for many Sprint customers and Cogentcustomers to directly communicate across the Internet. Sprint did so inviolation of a contractual obligation to exchange Internet traffic with Cogenton a settlement free peering basis. Sprint and Cogent are engaged inlitigation over this matter. Cogent regrets that Sprint chose to take thisunilateral action rather than await a determination by the court as to therights of the parties. Cogent remains ready to reestablish, on the samesettlement free basis as previously existed, the connections that Sprint hassevered.
In the over 1300 on-net locations worldwide where Cogent provides service,Cogent is offering every Sprint-Nextel wireline customer that is unable toconnect to Cogent's customers a free 100 megabit per second connection to theInternet for as long as Sprint continues to keep this partitioning of theInternet in place. Unfortunately, there is no way that Cogent can do the samefor the wireless customers of Sprint-Nextel.
All other major wireless carriers have full connectivity to Cogent and areunaffected by this event.
About Cogent Communications
Cogent Communications (Nasdaq: CCOI) is a multinational, Tier 1facilities-based ISP, operating one of the largest capacity IP networks inexistence with lit capacities ranging from 80 to 240 Gigabits per second.Cogent specializes in providing businesses with high speed Internet access andpoint-to-point transport services. Cogent's facilities-based, all-optical IPnetwork backbone provides IP services in over 110 markets located in NorthAmerica and Europe.
Since Cogent's inception, Cogent has unleashed the benefits of IPtechnology, building one of the largest and highest capacity IP networks inexistence. This network enables Cogent to offer large bandwidth connectionsat highly competitive prices. Cogent also offers superior customer support byvirtue of its end-to-end control of service delivery and network monitoring.
Cogent Communications is headquartered at 1015 31st Street, NW,Washington, D.C. 20007. For more information, visit www.cogentco.com. CogentCommunications can be reached in the United States at (202) 295-4200 or viaemail at info@cogentco.com.
Information in this release may involve expectations, beliefs, plans,intentions or strategies regarding the future. These forward-lookingstatements involve risks and uncertainties. All forward-looking statementsincluded in this release are based upon information available to CogentCommunications Group, Inc. as of the date of the release, and we assume noobligation to update any such forward-looking statement. The statements inthis release are not guarantees of future performance and actual results coulddiffer materially from our current expectations. Numerous factors could causeor contribute to such differences. Some of the factors and risks associatedwith our business are discussed in Cogent's registration statements filed withthe Securities and Exchange Commission and in its other reports filed fromtime to time with the SEC.
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