Cogent Offers 500 Kbps Fiber Service to Compete with DSL

Cogent Communications launched a 500 kbps, fiber-based Internet access service with a 99.99% reliability guarantee for $249 per month. Cogent is offering the "Fiber 500" service in 20 markets nationwide in the same buildings in which it provides its trademark service of 100 Mbps for $1,000 per month. Cogent-qualified office buildings typically contain 50 or more tenants, and are located in central business districts of large cities. Cogent said "it's tough to ask someone paying $300 per month for DSL bandwidth to jump to $1,000 per month for 100 Mbps, no matter how great of a deal that really is."http://www.cogentco.com