Smart People Buy Dumb Pipes
the netcentric opportunity
Market Players
Competitors: Primarily global & regional
•
Global
⚫ Lumen Technologies
• NTT
•
Telia (recently sold)
Regional
• AT&T
• Tata
•
DT
.
Customers Connect in Data Centers
. CDNs
• Access Networks
•
• Verizon
Streaming/OTT
.
ASPS
Market Dynamics
• New applications drive bandwidth
-
File Sharing/Gaming/Video/Streaming
• Product sold on a per Mbps basis from 1 Gbps to 400 Gbps
• Internet connectivity is a pure commodity
― Speed, connection equivalent
• Cogent prices new services at 50% of market
We win on price
Rapid Growth/Declining $/bit
ARPU (Rev/Mbit)
Avg Tbyts/s
$18
$16
$14
$12
$10
$8
$6
$4
$2
$0
cogent
Smart People
Buy Dumb Pipes
Sequential Revenue Growth
70
60
HN WAS2
15%
10%
50
40
5%
30
0%
20
-5%
10
-10%
Avg 1.3%
30
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