redundant, meshed, network design

Network map and redundancy

the network is also fault tolerant in the sense that it is consistently kept at under 50% utilization, which means that it is able to sustain a doubling in traffic with no performance hit, and likewise is able to easily sustain multiple link outages, with no performance impact whatsoever.

tier 1 transit providers: Level 3, Global Crossing, ELI, and France Telecom OpenTransit

Network Updates

• Tier 1 Backbone Providers

• AT&T Network
• Level3
• Global Crossing
• Qwest
• France Telecom OpenTransit

• Physical Connect Locations:

  Providers:
  

  DCA2 - AT&T: SE Washington, DC

  DCA2 - Level 3: McLean, Virginia

  DCA2 - Global Crossing: NW Washington, DC

  DCA3 - Q.West: NE Washington, DC {coming soon}

  IAD1 - France Telecom OpenTransit: Ashburn, Virginia

  SEA2 - AT&T: Seattle, Washington

  SEA2 - Level 3: Seattle, Washington

  SEA2 - Q.West: Tukwila, Washington {coming soon}

  SEA1 - Global Crossing: Seattle, Washington