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Re: Cogent sales reps who actually respond


From: "Stephen M." <stephen.myspam () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 23:59:18 +0100

Please don’t praise or complain like we’re supposed to take it at a total face value. If you don’t like them so much - 
we are you’re audience. Explain. 

If you like Cogent - explain.
If you don’t like Cogent - explain.

Cheers,
Stephen

//please pardon any brevities - sent from mobile//

On Sep 16, 2019, at 10:01 PM, Mike Lyon <mike.lyon () gmail com> wrote:

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 () tristatelogic com> wrote:

In message <E814E5F6-F386-4AAE-BADA-E423D299A4FB () delong com>, 
Owen DeLong <owen () 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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