Working At Cogent Communications: Company Overview and Culture

Q: When was Cogent Communications founded?

Cogent Communications was founded in 1999.

Q: How many employees does Cogent Communications have?

Cogent Communications has 978 employees.

Q: How much money does Cogent Communications make?

Cogent Communications generates $1.0B in revenue.

Q: What industry is Cogent Communications in?

Cogent Communications is in the telecommunications industry.

Q: What is Cogent Communications's mission?

Cogent Communications's mission statement is "To create superior value. By providing them with the best professional strategic direction, and integrated communications solutions to help them achieve the business results they seek."

Q: What type of company is Cogent Communications?

Cogent Communications is a public company.

Q: Who are Cogent Communications's competitors?

Cogent Communications competitors include Juno Online Services, ISOMEDIA, Lantana Communications, Active Communications, Inc., One Call Now, Telegration, Granite Telecommunications, Hello Direct, EnGenius Technologies, Winncom Technologies, Intellian Technologies, ATEME, Metropark Communications, Magna5.

Q: Who works at Cogent Communications?

David Schaeffer (CEO / President) Ted Lu (Founder)

Cogent Communications overview

Industry

Telecommunications

Revenue

$1B

Headquarters

Washington, DC

Employees

978

Founded in

1999

Website

Organization type

Public

CEO

David Schaeffer

Social media

Cogent Communications Group, Inc. is a facilities-based provider of Internet access and Internet Protocol (IP) communications services. Its network is specifically designed and optimized to transmit data using IP. The Company delivers its services primarily to small and medium-sized businesses, communications service providers and other organizations through approximately 21,300 customer connections in North America and Europe. The Company provides its own on-net service at a speed of 100 Megabits per second through its own facilities. Its customers in multi-tenant office buildings are law firms, financial services firms, advertising and marketing firms and other professional services businesses. It also provide on-net Internet access to certain bandwidth-intensive users, such as universities, other Internet service providers (ISPs) and commercial content providers at speeds of up to ten Gigabits per second.

The staff at Cogent Communications come from unusually diverse demographic backgrounds. The company is 24.8% female and 46.0% ethnic minorities. Despite its diversity in other areas, Cogent Communications employees are noticeably lacking in political diversity. It has an unusually high proportion of employees who are members of the Democratic Party, at 66.0%. Employees seem to enjoy working in an otherwise diverse workplace that is dominated by members of the Democratic Party. Cogent Communications has great employee retention with staff members usually staying with the company for 3.4 years.

Based in Washington, DC, Cogent Communications is a medium-sized telecommunication company with 978 employees and a revenue of $1.0B.

Cogent Communications's mission statement

To create superior value. By providing them with the best professional strategic direction, and integrated communications solutions to help them achieve the business results they seek.

Cogent Communications office locations

Cogent Communications is headquartered in Washington, DC

Rank	City	Job count	Avg. salary
1	New York, NY	22	$83,029
2	Phoenix, AZ	18	$79,923
3	Houston, TX	10	$75,091
4	Dallas, TX	9	$74,673
5	Austin, TX	4	$75,489
6	San Francisco, CA	4	$99,186
7	Fort Worth, TX	4	$74,848
8	Chicago, IL	3	$75,600
9	San Diego, CA	3	$89,647
10	San Jose, CA	3	$98,825

Rank

City

Job count

Avg. salary

$79,923