Cogent Debuts in LA

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Cogent Communications, Inc., a next- generation optical ISP, today announced the launch of service to customers in Los Angeles including the opening of Cogent's hub site on Wilshire Blvd. Since January, Cogent has been rolling out service steadily to 20 of the nation's largest metropolitan service areas (MSA's). "Los Angeles is extremely important to Cogent in terms of its size and the number of high-bandwidth opportunities in the area," said Dave Schaeffer, CEO and founder, Cogent Communications. "Once tenants and service providers realize that there is an ISP in the market that can save them as much as 95 percent of their current bandwidth costs, they immediately question why they have been paying so much for so long." Cogent Communications Inc.