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We understand the importance
of speed, bandwidth, and dependability. Our Network
Operations Center is "OnNet" with three (3)
Tier-1 providers, AT&T, Qwest Communications and
Frontier Global Crossing, through direct bandwidth-on-demand
connections.
That means we don't just link to the Internet, we are
part of the Internet backbone and share the digital
distribution architecture and private peering network
connections with all major Internet carriers including
MCI, Sprint, UUNET, AT&T, AOL, and others.
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Bandwidth Redundancy
Direct bandwidth-on-demand connections with AT&T,
Qwest Communications and Frontier Global Crossing provide
excellent network performance and enormous capacity. Each
of these major carriers has a Point-of-Presence (POP) in our
building.
AT&T Managed Internet Service provides a reliable,
dedicated, high-speed Internet connection and industry-leading
Service Level Agreements (SLAs). AT&T's world-class OC-192/OC-48
IP backbone provides managed, state-of-the-art hardware and
software, smart routing capability, and continuous performance
monitoring.
Qwest Communications comes into
the Data Center with an OC-12 line and plans to upgrade its
connection to an OC-48 in the near future. Qwest has an Asynchronous
Transfer Mode (ATM) fiber node located just a few floors below
our Data Center. Qwest enables us to offer additional redundancy
and better routes to Europe, Latin America and Asia.
Frontier Global Crossing is a Tier 1 provider with
a 13,000-mile fiber optic network and Dense Wave Division
Multiplexing (DWDM) technology that provides an enormous 460
gigabytes per second (Gbps) of capacity worldwide. Frontier
Global Crossing also has an ATM fiber node located a few floors
below our Data Center.
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Network Reliability
Direct connections with three Tier-1 bandwidth providers
- AT&T, Qwest and Frontier Global Crossing - virtually
eliminates the primary cause of network down-time, telephone
circuit failure. Because the ISPs are located in the
same building as our Data Center, there is no phone
circuit. Our Cisco 7500 routers are directly connected
to three major carriers, providing up to 150,000 possible
routes to send each packet of traffic. To increase network
redundancy, we share peering network connections with
other major providers, making it possible for traffic
to be switched to alternate backbones should the need
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Uninterruptible Power System
To guard against local power failures, the Data Center has
two industrial-grade, three-phase Liebert UPS systems. These
act as back-up batteries, maintaining uninterrupted power
in case of surges or power outages. With these back-up systems
in place, we can keep our network up and running indefinitely
without relying on external power. |
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