Challenge People do not want downtime or slow Internet speeds. Solution Multihome Explanation of Solution Multihomeing is connectivity with more than 1 Internet Access Provider (IAP) using the Boarder Gateway Protocol (BGP). Some Examples / Benefits If one IAP goes down, the other connection(s) will handle its load, meaning no downtime. Cities where major Internet carriers connect, such as Vancouver, Toronto, New York, Seattle, often experience congestion, slowing down Internet transfer speeds and degrading network performance. To avoid these cities (except when Internet traffic is intended to be delivered there), multihoming allows us the freedom to change/manipulate the path of any incoming or outgoing Internet traffic to improve performance. For example, one of our providers has a very fast network in the United States and World Wide (WorldCom Canada) while another one of our providers has a very fast network within Canada (Bell). DesignPics.com (one of our dedicated server clients) has many customers in the United States, thus those customers will have data go over our WorldCom Canada connection while any Canadians will have their data go over our Bell connection. This control over directing data dramatically increases speeds for the end user. The Pitch More mission-critical applications are going on the Internet; companies can't afford downtime. Due to that fact, an ever increasing populous of customers want a web host to be connected - multihomed - to multiple Internet Access Providers (IAPs). Useing our high-end Riverstone RS8000 running BGP inter|spots multihomes our multiple IAPs. Although BGP is complex, our network engineers who know BGP and understand the Internet's routing system effectively ensure very little to no network downtime. Providing you the most reliable network connectivity solution.
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