Cogent Communications, LLC

COGENT COMMUNICATIONS, LLC is associated with Cogent Communications’ internet backbone and enterprise connectivity business; public investor-relations material lists founder David Schaeffer as Chairman, CEO and President. Public descriptions position it as a U.S.-based ISP focused on IP transit and related services.

The company is the ARIN-listed organization for AS174, commonly shown in routing databases as “Cogent Communications, LLC.” AS174 is broadly present at public peering points in PeeringDB and is widely visible in global BGP tables via multiple originated prefixes and extensive adjacencies.

User feedback found online is mixed-to-negative: Trustpilot shows a low TrustScore (2/5) on a small sample, and BBB contains customer complaints; employee sentiment on Glassdoor is also low (about 2.4/5). Review coverage is fragmented by audience (customers vs employees), but the overall signal skews negative.