{
  "meta": {
    "key": "ip_transit_price",
    "title": "The Price of a Megabit",
    "unit": "USD/Mbps",
    "category": "Connectivity",
    "source": "Cogent SEC filings; DrPeering survey (Norton)",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158324/000110465926017968/ccoi-20251231x10k.htm",
    "verified": "2026-10-12",
    "url": "https://exponentialtracker.com/curve/ip_transit_price",
    "csv": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/ip_transit_price.csv",
    "json": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/ip_transit_price.json",
    "retrievedFrom": "Compiled by Exponential Tracker and re-derived from the source named above. Rebuilt on every deploy, so re-fetch rather than trusting a saved copy to be current.",
    "rights": "The underlying data belongs to Cogent SEC filings; DrPeering survey (Norton). This compilation may be reused with attribution to Exponential Tracker. No licence is claimed or implied over the source data.",
    "citation": "Exponential Tracker, \"The Price of a Megabit\", exponentialtracker.com/curve/ip_transit_price, data verified 2026-10-12. Underlying source: Cogent SEC filings; DrPeering survey (Norton)."
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "year": 1998.99,
      "value": 1200,
      "label": "$1,200/Mbps"
    },
    {
      "year": 1999.99,
      "value": 800
    },
    {
      "year": 2000.99,
      "value": 675
    },
    {
      "year": 2001.99,
      "value": 400
    },
    {
      "year": 2002.99,
      "value": 200
    },
    {
      "year": 2003.99,
      "value": 120
    },
    {
      "year": 2004.99,
      "value": 90
    },
    {
      "year": 2005.99,
      "value": 75
    },
    {
      "year": 2006.99,
      "value": 50
    },
    {
      "year": 2007.99,
      "value": 25
    },
    {
      "year": 2008.99,
      "value": 12
    },
    {
      "year": 2009.99,
      "value": 9,
      "label": "Last full year Norton surveyed"
    },
    {
      "year": 2011.99,
      "value": 3.62,
      "label": "Cogent’s first filed figure"
    },
    {
      "year": 2012.99,
      "value": 3.39
    },
    {
      "year": 2013.99,
      "value": 2.61
    },
    {
      "year": 2014.99,
      "value": 1.99
    },
    {
      "year": 2015.99,
      "value": 1.61
    },
    {
      "year": 2016.99,
      "value": 1.34
    },
    {
      "year": 2017.99,
      "value": 1.11
    },
    {
      "year": 2018.99,
      "value": 0.82
    },
    {
      "year": 2019.99,
      "value": 0.62
    },
    {
      "year": 2020.99,
      "value": 0.46
    },
    {
      "year": 2021.99,
      "value": 0.35
    },
    {
      "year": 2022.99,
      "value": 0.28
    },
    {
      "year": 2023.99,
      "value": 0.27,
      "label": "Sprint wireline absorbed; the filed fall slows to 3.6%"
    },
    {
      "year": 2024.99,
      "value": 0.24
    },
    {
      "year": 2025.99,
      "value": 0.17,
      "label": "$0.17/Mbps"
    }
  ]
}