If bandwidth wasnt already cheap (!) enough ..
http://telephonyonline.com/ethernet/news/Cogent_price_cuts_06112008/
"Cogent this morning is announcing new discounts for customers who commit to three-year contracts and for higher volume service provider customers. The new three-year price for Ethernet service is a flat $7 a megabit, a dollar less than the previous rate for contracts of two years or more. For service providers who buy Ethernet services at volumes between 100 megabits per second and a Gigabit, rates are as low as $6 per megabit for a three-year contract.
Service providers who buy between one Gigabit and 10 gigabits will enjoy a three-year contract rate of $5 a meg, and those that consume a full 10 gigabit port can pay as little as $4 a meg on a three-year contract."
Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
Service providers who buy between one Gigabit and 10 gigabits will enjoy a three-year contract rate of $5 a meg, and those that consume a full 10 gigabit port can pay as little as $4 a meg on a three-year contract."
A cynic would say that they are trying to book the revenues to raise some finance... J -- COO Entanet International T: 0870 770 9580 W: http://www.enta.net/
IIRC, doesn't a three-year contract of this sort involve actually adding *liabilities* to the books until the revenue is captured? I think this may have more to do with run-rates or cutting attrition since so many "allegedly" better networks are offering pricing at or below Cogent's old/original pricing. Disclaimer: Not a Cogent customer/investor. DJ James Blessing wrote:
Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
Service providers who buy between one Gigabit and 10 gigabits will enjoy a three-year contract rate of $5 a meg, and those that consume a full 10 gigabit port can pay as little as $4 a meg on a three-year contract."
A cynic would say that they are trying to book the revenues to raise some finance...
J
I'm pretty sure the answer is no. Roderick S. Beck Director of European Sales Hibernia Atlantic 1, Passage du Chantier, 75012 Paris http://www.hiberniaatlantic.com
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