Re: cogent - Sales practices

[August Yang via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>]

He has to do that to show there is activity on the account otherwise another rep can challenge it.

Best regards
August Yang

> On Aug 5, 2022, at 4:20 PM, Dennis Burgess <dmburgess () linktechs net> wrote:
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> So we just got an email from cogent, we have told them time and time again to stop calling and stop emailing.  We 
> tell them are good on bandwidth and we don’t need any of their services.. They then sent us a e-mail stating that 
> they saw us coming though one of their customers networks from us, and figured we would want to buy direct instead of 
> going though one of their customers. Yes COGENT stated this; well at least one of their sales reps.  Sounds 
> underhanded, shady, and unethical to me.    Just figured I would post about it; see if I am making a mountain out of 
> a mole hill😊
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> Here is the e-mail:
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> "Hey (redacted) ,
> Maybe there is a misunderstanding. (ISP’s name removed) is a cogent customer who we provide upstream to.
> My initial inquiry was to see if it makes sense for Link Technologies to be utilizing our network instead of through 
> (ISP’s name removed). That way we could be a direct network for you.
> Would that be at all something that interests you?
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> Eric Gogerty | Global Account Manager | AS 174
> Cogent Communications | Minneapolis, MN (United States Of America)| www.cogentco.com <http://www.cogentco.com/>
> Contact: 612-217-5506| email: egogerty () cogentco com <mailto:egogerty () cogentco com>
> The Internet, Unleashed!"
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