<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div>That is just The Cogent Way™, unfortunately. I just had (yet another) Cogent rep spam me using an email address that is _only_ used as an ARIN contact, trying to sell me bandwidth. When I called him out on it, with <a href="mailto:compliance@arin.net">compliance@arin.net</a> CCed, he backpedaled and claimed to obtain my information from Google. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Gotta love these awful bottom feeding companies. </div><div><br></div><div>On Thu, Sep 19, 2019, at 10:05 AM, Dmitry Sherman wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt"><div>Cogent are spamming seriously, they call me from different phone number in Frankfurt and USA in holidays or at night.<br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div>Dmitry Sherman<br></div><div>Interhost Networks Ltd<br></div><div>Dmitry@interhost.net<br></div><div>Mobile: +972-54-3181182<br></div><div>Office: +972-74-7029881<br></div><div>Web: www.interhost.co.il<br></div><div><br></div><div>On 17/09/2019, 3:25, "NANOG on behalf of Michel Py" <nanog-bounces@nanog.org on behalf of michel.py@tsisemi.com> wrote:<br></div><div><br></div><div> > If you don’t like Cogent - explain.<br></div><div> <br></div><div> Besides the peering issues, they can't stop spamming. If after 20 attempts on the phone you have not picked up, they start to send email.<br></div><div> They abuse whois. They are one of the primary reasons few people put their real phone number in whois.<br></div><div> <br></div><div> And I have never talked to that level of incompetence. Tell their sales droids that you want a link over RFC 1149, or that you need BGT (instead of BGP), they will tell you no problem.<br></div><div> Don't even try to ask anything about communities or RPKI; they can't tell the difference between a router and a connected coffee pot. If you must deal with them, record everything.<br></div><div> <br></div><div> If someone has a cheap Asterisk trick so when the caller ID says COGENT it goes directly to Lenny I'll take it.<br></div><div> <br></div><div> Michel<br></div><div> <br></div><div> TSI Disclaimer: This message and any files or text attached to it are intended only for the recipients named above and contain information that may be confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not forward, copy, use or otherwise disclose this communication or the information contained herein. In the event you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message, and then delete all copies of it from your system. Thank you!...<br></div><div> <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div></body></html>