Cogent Communications
E791342
Cogent Communications is a multinational internet service provider specializing in high-speed fiber-optic connectivity and IP transit services for businesses and carriers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cogent Communications canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9312971 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cogent Communications Context triple: [C-root, operatedBy, Cogent Communications]
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A.
Cox Communications
Cox Communications is a major American telecommunications company that provides cable television, internet, and phone services to residential and business customers.
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B.
SBC Communications
SBC Communications was a major U.S. telecommunications company that grew through acquisitions and later rebranded as AT&T Inc.
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C.
Opal Telecom
Opal Telecom was a UK-based telecommunications provider that became part of TalkTalk’s business services operations following its acquisition.
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D.
Embarq Corporation
Embarq Corporation was a U.S.-based telecommunications company providing local, long-distance, and data services, later absorbed into CenturyLink’s operations.
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E.
Cincinnati Bell
Cincinnati Bell is a regional telecommunications company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, providing phone, internet, and related services to residential and business customers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cogent Communications Target entity description: Cogent Communications is a multinational internet service provider specializing in high-speed fiber-optic connectivity and IP transit services for businesses and carriers.
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A.
Cox Communications
Cox Communications is a major American telecommunications company that provides cable television, internet, and phone services to residential and business customers.
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B.
SBC Communications
SBC Communications was a major U.S. telecommunications company that grew through acquisitions and later rebranded as AT&T Inc.
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C.
Opal Telecom
Opal Telecom was a UK-based telecommunications provider that became part of TalkTalk’s business services operations following its acquisition.
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D.
Embarq Corporation
Embarq Corporation was a U.S.-based telecommunications company providing local, long-distance, and data services, later absorbed into CenturyLink’s operations.
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E.
Cincinnati Bell
Cincinnati Bell is a regional telecommunications company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, providing phone, internet, and related services to residential and business customers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
internet service provider
ⓘ
public company ⓘ telecommunications company ⓘ |
| businessModel |
B2B services
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wholesale bandwidth ⓘ |
| connectivityType |
internet backbone connectivity
ⓘ
multipoint Ethernet ⓘ point-to-point Ethernet ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| customerType |
businesses
ⓘ
carriers ⓘ service providers ⓘ |
| focus |
enterprise connectivity
ⓘ
wholesale internet connectivity ⓘ |
| hasBackbone | global IP network ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
high-capacity backbone
ⓘ
low-latency connectivity ⓘ network peering relationships ⓘ redundant network architecture ⓘ scalable bandwidth options ⓘ service monitoring ⓘ |
| industry |
IP transit
ⓘ
fiber-optic communications ⓘ internet services ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ |
| networkType |
Tier 1 network
ⓘ
fiber-optic network ⓘ |
| offers | service level agreements ⓘ |
| service |
Ethernet services
ⓘ
IP transit ⓘ colocation services ⓘ data transport ⓘ dedicated internet access ⓘ high-speed internet access ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ North America NERFINISHED ⓘ South America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| specialization |
IP transit services
ⓘ
high-speed fiber-optic connectivity ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
content providers
ⓘ
internet service providers ⓘ large enterprises ⓘ small and medium-sized businesses ⓘ |
| technology |
IP routing
ⓘ
fiber-optic transmission ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Cogent Communications Description of subject: Cogent Communications is a multinational internet service provider specializing in high-speed fiber-optic connectivity and IP transit services for businesses and carriers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.