That's a bit like asking what connections Comcast has to the Russian mafia because botnet traffic comes from their IP space. Cogent is a low cost supplier of w

That's a bit like asking what connections Comcast has to the Russian mafia because botnet traffic comes from their IP space. Cogent is a low cost supplier of wholesale bandwidth and had reasonably priced colocation in some places. Level3 and AT&T seem to be the provider of choice for US Government.