Re: cogent - Sales practices

2022-08-07 Thread Saku Ytti
On Sat, 6 Aug 2022 at 23:08, Eric Kuhnke wrote: > I have a morbid curiosity about what the CRM database looks like inside > Cogent, for the stale/cold leads that get passed on to a new junior sales rep > every six months. > > The amount of peoples' names/email addresses/phone numbers in there m

Re: cogent - Sales practices

2022-08-06 Thread Lou D
Funny because I’ve been avoiding calls with my new rep for weeks and was partially admiring the commitment to make contact with me . Hehe On Sat, Aug 6, 2022 at 4:08 PM Eric Kuhnke wrote: > I have a morbid curiosity about what the CRM database looks like inside > Cogent, for the stale/cold leads

Re: cogent - Sales practices

2022-08-06 Thread Eric Kuhnke
I have a morbid curiosity about what the CRM database looks like inside Cogent, for the stale/cold leads that get passed on to a new junior sales rep every six months. The amount of peoples' names/email addresses/phone numbers in there must be stupendous. All of this can probably serve as a usefu

Re: cogent - Sales practices

2022-08-05 Thread Paul Emmons
Two current experiences . . . I still do work with an ILEC that gets requests for waves to Cogent. Cogent has a data center in the market but won't allow the ILEC to build in. So Cogent burns ports in another data center where Cogent pays for space and power. Cogent reps says no one gets anything

Re: cogent - Sales practices

2022-08-05 Thread Glenn Kelley
I think that was Dennis :) On Fri, Aug 5, 2022 at 4:31 PM Dovid Bender 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 wrote: > >> So we just got an email from cogent, we have

Re: cogent - Sales practices

2022-08-05 Thread Glenn Kelley
Today while negotiating with Cogent for connectivity in the WOW 226 Datacenter I sent a copy of the original email and told them I will NEVER use Cogent for my customers due to this kind of activity. Imagine if everyone else follows suit. When they go low - make sure others know you are unwilling

Re: cogent - Sales practices

2022-08-05 Thread August Yang via NANOG
He has to do that to show there is activity on the account otherwise another rep can challenge it. Best regards August Yang > On Aug 5, 2022, at 4:20 PM, Dennis Burgess wrote: > > So we just got an email from cogent, we have told them time and time again to > stop calling and stop emailing.

Re: cogent - Sales practices

2022-08-05 Thread Dovid Bender
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 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

RE: cogent - Sales practices

2022-08-05 Thread Shawn L via NANOG
I think they call me around once a week right now. Even after I've told them we're not interested. Every once in a while they switch the numbers they're calling from, just to keep things interesting. Shawn -Original Message- From: "Dennis Burgess" Sent: Friday, August 5, 2022 4:20

Re: cogent - Sales practices

2022-08-05 Thread Jon Sands
Cogent getting involved in absolutely obnoxious and shady sales tactics that they'll seemingly never address or do anything about? Why I never On 8/5/2022 4:20 PM, Dennis Burgess wrote: So we just got an email from cogent, we have told them time and time again to stop calling and stop emailin