Re: Cogent ...

[Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke () gmail com>]

I have a morbid curiosity what their CRM system looks like, and how many
entries are in it and what their internal notes/work flow looks like.

This opinion is formed from the external perspective of being a person who
is a very cold sales lead and yet continues to be occasionally called by a
new sales person every 4 to 6 months.


On Thu, 31 Mar 2022 at 08:39, Laura Smith via NANOG <nanog () nanog org> wrote:

> Hmmm....
>
> Spring has sprung and the waft of drivel from a new season Cogent
> salesdroid filled my telephone earpiece today.
>
> I've never liked the Cogent way of business and my understanding of their
> IP transit is that it falls into the "cheap for a reason" category.
>
> However, perhaps someone would care to elaborate (either on or off-list)
> what the deal is with the requirement to sign NDAs with Cogent before
> they'll discuss things like why they still charge for BGP, or indeed any
> other technical or pricing matters. Seems weird ?!?
>
> Laura