3rd Sept 2026
LAX-BGP Network Upgrade and Cutover Maintenance Notice
Following the recent Cogent network incident, we conducted an additional review of our own network infrastructure and decided to move forward with the next stage of upgrades to improve capacity, bandwidth, and overall service stability.
A LAX-BGP network cutover is scheduled for September 3 at 3:30 PM Los Angeles time (6:30 PM Toronto time). The ...
2nd Sept 2026
Cogent West Coast Major Network Outage Notice
At approximately 10:00 AM EDT on September 2, Cogent experienced a large-scale backbone fiber incident affecting Los Angeles and the Southwestern United States. All LAX-BGP VPS services were affected to varying degrees.
Cogent confirmed multiple backbone fiber cuts, including incidents in Modesto and between El Centro and Calipatria, California. ...
29th Aug 2026
IPLense Launch and Updated IP Lookup Standard
IPinfo recently changed the ASN Type for NTT and GTT from ISP to Hosting, leading some customers to believe that the IP quality or network route had changed. Only the IPinfo database label changed. The IPs, ASNs, routes, and servers remained the same, while results from other mainstream databases continued to appear normally.
IPinfo confirmed ...
22nd Aug 2026
Los Angeles Cogent Packet Loss Investigation
We are currently investigating severe intermittent packet loss affecting some IP ranges on our Los Angeles Cogent network. Affected users may experience increased latency, unstable connections, or brief periods of connectivity loss.
Our initial investigation has not identified abnormal traffic, DDoS activity, server-side resource issues, or port ...
