Same feelings as others: avoid Cogent at all costs and encourage anyone who solely uses Cogent to switch to another provider, preferably in a multi-home configu

Same feelings as others: avoid Cogent at all costs and encourage anyone who solely uses Cogent to switch to another provider, preferably in a multi-home configuration. It's not even this issue, Cogent simply wants your dollars and do f***-all but the absolute minimum. Basically, most tier-1 providers allows settlement-free peering with anyone who can meet some physical requirements (like having mutual interconnection in America, Europe and Asia) and legal ones (everyone wants to avoid sanctions). HE clearly meets this requirement. Google also clearly meets this requirement. Both are not connected to Cogent despite both are willing to interconnect to Cogent. Cogent just allows connections to whoever they feel to connect, they don't have a criteria except for "if we allow them, will they kill our business"?