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Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/17 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Thursday, 8/3/17, at 10:52am ET   ·   For:  6/30/17   ·   Accession #:  1104659-17-49189   ·   File #:  0-51829

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 8/03/17  Cogent Comms Holdings, Inc.       10-Q        6/30/17   52:2.7M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    438K 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML     32K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
 6: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
13: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     38K 
14: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     91K 
15: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     43K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
16: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     73K 
                Income                                                           
17: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     21K 
                Income (Parenthetical)                                           
18: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    100K 
19: R7          Description of the business and recent              HTML     74K 
                developments                                                     
20: R8          Property and equipment                              HTML     26K 
21: R9          Long-term debt                                      HTML     31K 
22: R10         Commitments and contingencies                       HTML     26K 
23: R11         Income taxes                                        HTML     46K 
24: R12         Common stock buyback program                        HTML     20K 
25: R13         Dividends on common stock                           HTML     22K 
26: R14         Related party transactions                          HTML     23K 
27: R15         Stock option and award plan                         HTML     23K 
28: R16         Segment information                                 HTML     56K 
29: R17         Description of the business and recent              HTML     81K 
                developments (Policies)                                          
30: R18         Description of the business and recent              HTML     51K 
                developments (Tables)                                            
31: R19         Income taxes (Tables)                               HTML     41K 
32: R20         Segment information (Tables)                        HTML     54K 
33: R21         Description of the business and recent              HTML     21K 
                developments (Details)                                           
34: R22         Description of the business and recent              HTML     31K 
                developments: Financial Instruments (Details)                    
35: R23         Description of the business and recent              HTML     20K 
                developments: Gross receipts taxes, universal                    
                service fund and other surcharges (Details)                      
36: R24         Description of the business and recent              HTML     46K 
                developments: Basic and diluted net income per                   
                common share (Details)                                           
37: R25         Property and equipment (Details)                    HTML     21K 
38: R26         Property and equipment: Exchange agreement          HTML     24K 
                (Details)                                                        
39: R27         Property and equipment: Installment payment         HTML     31K 
                agreement (Details)                                              
40: R28         Long-term debt: Debt extinguishment, redemption     HTML     44K 
                and new debt issuances $375 million 2022 Notes-                  
                (Details)                                                        
41: R29         Long-term debt: Senior unsecured notes $189.2       HTML     34K 
                Million 2021 Notes (Details)                                     
42: R30         Long-term debt: Limitations under the Indentures    HTML     26K 
                (Details)                                                        
43: R31         Commitments and contingencies: Current and          HTML     30K 
                potential litigation (Details)                                   
44: R32         Income taxes (Details)                              HTML     26K 
45: R33         Common stock buyback programs (Details)             HTML     26K 
46: R34         Dividends on common stock (Details)                 HTML     25K 
47: R35         Related party transactions (Details)                HTML     38K 
48: R36         Stock option and award plan (Details)               HTML     34K 
49: R37         Segment information (Details)                       HTML     31K 
51: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     86K 
50: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     43K 
 7: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- ccoi-20170630                       XML    579K 
 9: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- ccoi-20170630_cal               XML     97K 
10: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- ccoi-20170630_def                XML    313K 
11: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- ccoi-20170630_lab                     XML    710K 
12: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- ccoi-20170630_pre              XML    488K 
 8: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- ccoi-20170630                         XSD     95K 
52: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001104659-17-049189-xbrl      Zip     78K

‘EX-101.PRE’   —   XBRL Presentations — ccoi-20170630_pre

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