Cogent Communications Group, a Tier One, optical Internet service provider, announced Monday the launch of a new pre-paid, low-cost product for service provider customers.
Cogent's 10 Megabit connections are priced at $1,000 a month and are designed for small- to medium-sized service providers who do not have long-term credit histories, but who need high-quality Internet access at an affordable price. According to Cogent, making the product available on a pre-paid basis allows it customers to initiate service more quickly and easily than through other ISPs.
"Only $1,000 for 10Mb will carry significant appeal to the small operators. Not only will they get Tier 1 Internet access from one of the most reliable ISPs in the country, they also get the lowest price per megabit in over 200 colocation facilities across the United States," said Bruce Wagner, vice president of sales for Cogent.
The Prepay 10 Megabit service will be available in over 200 carrier-neutral colocation centers across the United States including Navisite, Equinix, PAIX, LayerOne and Switch & Data.
Cogent is all-optical ISP focused on delivering ultra-high speed Internet access and transport services to businesses in the multi-tenant marketplace and to service providers located in major metropolitan areas across the United States and Canada.
Cogent's product set includes dedicated, non-oversubscribed bandwidth in 10 Mb, 100 Mbps and 1,000 Mbps levels in colocation centers across the United States and Canada.
These connections are delivered over Cogent's 80 Gbps backbone, making Cogent's network, it claims, the largest of its kind in the United States.
The network consists of a dedicated nationwide multiple OC-192 fiber backbone, multiple intra-city OC-48 fiber rings, and optically-interfaced high-speed routers.
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