Cogent sales reps who actually respond

Mike Lyon mike.lyon at gmail.com
Mon Sep 16 20:59:55 UTC 2019


Whenever asked about Cogent, i just say, “Friends don’t let friends use Cogent.”

I’ve told two of their reps over the past two years that even if the service was free, i wouldn’t use it. And yet, they still call.

-Mike

> On Sep 16, 2019, at 13:53, Ronald F. Guilmette <rfg at tristatelogic.com> wrote:
> 
> In message <E814E5F6-F386-4AAE-BADA-E423D299A4FB at delong.com>, 
> Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:
> 
>> Given their practice of harvesting whois updates in order to spam newly
>> acquired AS contacts, any time it is my decision, Cogent is ineligible
>> as a vendor.
> 
> So I guess then that their aiding and abetting of fraud and IP block
> theft, as I documented here recently, is an entirely secondary concern...
> as long as they don't spam you, yes?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> rfg



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