Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of Internet access and Internet Protocol (IP) communications solutions. The company is headquartered in Washington, Washington Dc and currently employs 1,076 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2002-02-05. The company specializes in providing businesses with high-speed Internet access, Ethernet transport, and colocation services. Its network is designed and optimized to transmit packet switched data. The company offers on-net Internet access services exclusively through its own facilities, which run from its network to its customers’ premises. The company offers its on-net services to customers located in buildings that are physically connected to its network. The company is not dependent on local telephone companies or cable TV companies to serve its customers with its on-net Internet access and private network services. Its on- net service consists of high-speed Internet access and private network services offered at speeds ranging from 100 megabits per second to 400 gigabits per second. The company delivers its services primarily to small and medium-sized businesses, communications service providers and others.