FNLC vs CCOI Comparison

First Bancorp Inc is a Damariscotta-based bank holding company providing a range of retail and commercial banking services, including deposit accounts and consumer, commercial, and mortgage loans. The company provides investment management and private banking services through an operating division of the bank. Its revenues are generally derived from dividends paid to the company by the bank.

Cogent carries over one-fifth of the world's internet traffic on its network, providing high-capacity services to businesses. Cogent's netcentric customers, which contribute nearly half of total revenue, include internet service providers and content providers, to which Cogent provides internet transit service. They hand traffic to Cogent in data centers and rely on Cogent to deliver it. About half of netcentric revenue is from outside the US. Cogent's corporate customers are in high-rise office buildings, where the firm provides two types of connections: dedicated internet access, which connects them to the internet, and virtual private networking. Cogent's corporate customers are exclusively in North America and account for about 40% of the firm's revenue.