Our Network
Connected to Three Backbones
The Backbone Internet NOC(Network Operation Center) is OnNet with GlobalCenter (GC), Qwest Communications and GTE through three separate bandwidth-on-demand connections that enter in the same building with our servers.
GC, 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, has an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) fiber node located just a few floors below the Backbone Internet NOC.
Qwest connects with an OC-12 line and plans to upgrade its connection to an OC-48 in the near future. Qwest also has an ATM fiber node just floors below the Backbone Internet NOC. Our Qwest connection enables Backbone Internet to offer additional redundancy and better routes to Europe, Latin America and Asia. With our carriers, our router has up to 150,000 possible routes to send each packet of traffic.
Genuity, a division of GTE, is our third Tier One Internet backbone. Genuity provides excellent network performance as a result of high-speed peering arrangements with other Tier One Internet backbone providers. The GTE global network delivers customers directly onto the Internet via a high-speed connection to its private, super-capacity backbone, including 17,000 miles of fiber and OC192 capacity. It is comprised of more than 800 U.S. local access points and approximately 1,500 international local access points in more than 150 countries.
Furthermore, because of these unique connections, Backbone Internet does not need to link to the Internet through an OC3 or T3 Telecom circuit. Instead, independent cables run inside our building directly from the Backbone Internet NOC to all three carriers' points of presence. These lines can handle the bandwidth of a T3 or an OC3 with DWDM. Plus, they handle several times the bandwidth of an OC3. Whatever your bandwidth needs may be, Backbone Internet has the scalability to meet them.
Network Redundancy
Backbone Internet uses intelligent end-user routing software called Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) between Qwest, GC and GTE, which use the same protocol. BGP identifies which path is the most efficient for each data packet and then routes the packet to its destination on the fastest path. This increases the speed at which web pages sent from our NOC arrive at their destination.
Studies have shown that the most common reason for downtime is circuit failure on Tier 1 provider backbones, the major data highways. To guard against this potential problem, we have three Tier-1 providers. If one experiences problems, we can route traffic down another one. Furthermore, because we are OnNet with GlobalCenter, Qwest and GTE, we share their digital distribution architecture, which includes private peering network connections to major Internet carriers such as MCI, Sprint, UUNET, EUNET, AT&T, AOL, Best, Erols, @Home, IBM Advantis and others. These private peering arrangements allow Backbone Internet to quickly and efficiently exchange packets of data with every major backbone carrier in a one-to-one environment.
Backbone Internet Data Center
Industrial-Grade Equipment for the Ultimate
Performance and Reliability
We keep spare servers on
line and ready at a moments notice. Should the server your on ever fail,
we simply pull the removable hard drive and place it in the standby
server. This keeps you up and running. If there is ever a drive problem,
we simply restore the most recent backup onto the new server and down time
is minimized. Backups are done every 24 hours and available if ever
needed.
We also run our servers with dual redundant power supplies.
If one of these power supplies ever fail, the second properly powers the
server by itself. Alarms alert our technicians and the failed power supply
is replaced with your site never going off-line for even a
moment.
In addition, we use top quility Liebert uninterruptible
power supplies (UPS) to keep things going should the power ever
fail.
We have gone to great lengths to be sure our site and yours never goes down.
Your visitors always enjoy a super fast and reliable
experience.
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