Cogent Communications is an ISP company from the United States that has its headquarters in Washington, D. C. This company was established in the year 1999 and it offers internet service as well as private lines for businesses and carriers. Cogent is a leading Internet services provider that currently owns one of the largest interconnection networks in the world with access to over 210 markets including 47 countries in North America, Europe, and Asia. To establish a connection to the Internet, Cogent provides business solutions such as fiber optic connection, Ethernet, and fast DSL services. A few notable services provided are point-to-point private line services, collocation services, and Virtual Private Networks. Cogent also offers interconnect or multi-gigabit transit services to other Internet service providers as well. One major positive aspect of Cogent’s internet services is that the Company’s global IP network is a tier 1 network. They have the luxury of being one of the few companies that operate a tier 1 internet backbone and thus they can offer quality connectivity and possibly redundant internet access. Cogent founded its fiber optic network and stated that it has an unlimited bandwidth capacity meaning it is capable of expanding along with the need of a customer. It is specifically articulated in providing bandwidth-intensive players such as content providers, carriers, and big companies with large data transmission requirements.