Re: cogent - Sales practices

[Glenn Kelley <glenn@connectivity.engineer>]

I think that was Dennis :)


On Fri, Aug 5, 2022 at 4:31 PM Dovid Bender <dovid () telecurve com> wrote:

> It's not just you. I saw a social media post with the exact format posted
> by someone who got a similar email.
>
> On Fri, Aug 5, 2022, 16:20 Dennis Burgess <dmburgess () linktechs net> wrote:
>
> > 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 😊
> >
> >
> >
> > Here is the e-mail:
> >
> >
> >
> > *"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?*
> >
> >
> >
> > *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
> > <egogerty () cogentco com>*
> >
> > *The Internet, Unleashed!"*
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *[image: LTI-Full_175px]*
> >
> > *Dennis Burgess*
> >
> >
> > * Mikrotik : **Trainer, Network Associate, Routing Engineer, Wireless
> > Engineer, Traffic Control Engineer, Inter-Networking Engineer, Security
> > Engineer, Enterprise Wireless Engineer*
> >
> > *Hurricane Electric: **IPv6 Sage Level*
> >
> > *Cambium: **ePMP*
> >
> >
> >
> > Author of "Learn RouterOS- Second Edition”
> >
> > *Link Technologies, Inc* -- Mikrotik & WISP Support Services
> >
> > *Office*: 314-735-0270  Website: http://www.linktechs.net
> >
> > Create Wireless Coverage’s with www.towercoverage.com
> >
> > Need MikroTik Cloud Management: https://cloud.linktechs.net
> >
> > *How did we do today?*
> >
> > [image: Gold Star]
> > <https://app.customerthermometer.com/?template=log_feedback&hash=5badbac1&embed_data=dGVtcGVyYXR1cmVfaWQ9MSZ0aGVybW9tZXRlcl9pZD0xMTM1NjYmbnBzX3JhdGluZz0tMQ==&e=Anonymous&f=Dennis&l=Burgess&c=&c1=&c2=&c3=&c4=&c5=&c6=&c7=&c8=&c9=&c10=>[image:
> > Green Light]
> > <https://app.customerthermometer.com/?template=log_feedback&hash=675abe04&embed_data=dGVtcGVyYXR1cmVfaWQ9MiZ0aGVybW9tZXRlcl9pZD0xMTM1NjYmbnBzX3JhdGluZz0tMQ==&e=Anonymous&f=Dennis&l=Burgess&c=&c1=&c2=&c3=&c4=&c5=&c6=&c7=&c8=&c9=&c10=>[image:
> > Yellow Light]
> > <https://app.customerthermometer.com/?template=log_feedback&hash=e42b48a5&embed_data=dGVtcGVyYXR1cmVfaWQ9MyZ0aGVybW9tZXRlcl9pZD0xMTM1NjYmbnBzX3JhdGluZz0tMQ==&e=Anonymous&f=Dennis&l=Burgess&c=&c1=&c2=&c3=&c4=&c5=&c6=&c7=&c8=&c9=&c10=>[image:
> > Red Light]
> > <https://app.customerthermometer.com/?template=log_feedback&hash=ecaadcd3&embed_data=dGVtcGVyYXR1cmVfaWQ9NCZ0aGVybW9tZXRlcl9pZD0xMTM1NjYmbnBzX3JhdGluZz0tMQ==&e=Anonymous&f=Dennis&l=Burgess&c=&c1=&c2=&c3=&c4=&c5=&c6=&c7=&c8=&c9=&c10=>
> --

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