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Chicago Network Overview
Utilizing bandwidth from Level(3), SAVVIS, AT&T, MCI/Verizon Business, XO, PCCW Global, TeliaSonera and GameRail,
our Chicago network is built with only one thing in mind: performance. Whether you're running game servers,
high-performance web servers, or anything else requiring the highest level of network performance, this network will
deliver.
Our Chicago network is fully meshed, using BGP, and redundant with a wide selection of backbone providers, including
Level(3), Savvis, AT&T, MCI/Verizon Business, XO, PCCW Global, TeliaSonera, and supplemented by local peering.
This network is perfect for highly demanding services such as online gaming and VoIP.
Our Chicago network utilizes routing and switching products from Juniper Networks and Cisco Systems, the leaders in
the industry. We utilize Juniper M20 and M5 routers as border routers, Cisco 6509 (SUP720) switches as our distribution
switches, and Cisco 2950/2960 switches in our aggregation/customer layer. Additional network equipment includes DDoS
mitigation hardware on each of our incoming carriers, allowing us to mitigate multi-gigabit DoS/DDoSattacks. In
addition, 10 Gigabit Ethernet is used at the core of the network to reduce the risks of internal congestion due to
DDoS attacks and to maintain optimal flexibility.
Internal Network
Redundant carrier class Juniper routers
Redundant Cisco 6509 (SUP720) distribution switchesNetwork Map
Cisco 2950/2960 series aggregation/customer layer switches
DDoS mitigation hardware on each incoming connection
10 Gigabit Ethernet internal backbone
Backbone Carriers
Level(3) - Direct GigE (1000mbit/sec)
Savvis - Direct 2x GigE (2000mbit/sec)
AT&T - Direct GigE (1000mbit/sec)
MCI/Verizon Business - Direct GigE (1000mbit/sec)
XO - Direct 10 GigE (10,000mbit/sec)
PCCW Global - Direct 3x GigE (3000mbit/sec)
TeliaSonera - Direct 10 GigE (10,000mbit/sec)
GameRail - Direct GigE (1000mbit/sec)
Peering - Direct 2x GigE (2000mbit/sec)
Level(3)
Level(3) is one of the world's largest and most reliable carriers. Nine out of ten of the world's largest telecom carriers all
continue to use Level(3) services, as do five of the top six U.S. Internet Service Providers, and nine out of ten of the largest
European telecom carriers. The company operates a 22,500 mile broadband fiber optic network in 72 US markets and 20 European markets.
SAVVIS
The SAVVIS IP network spans 110 cities in 45 countries, encompassing the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Europe, The Middle East, Asia
and The Pacific Rim. Known as The Network that Powers Wall Street, more than 4,700 financial institutions, including 75 of the top 100
worldwide banks and 45 of the Top 50 brokerage firms, connect to SAVVIS to conduct secure high-speed transmission of financial and
economic data. From this heritage of providing real-time applications management for the world's most demanding customers, SAVVIS now
has over 70% of its customer base comprised of non-financial enterprises and 50% of the Fortune 500. SAVVIS' network reliability was
declared "perfect" in Network World magazine's groundbreaking study of backbone performance. SAVVIS has recently purchased the US
assets of Cable & Wireless making them one of the largest US carriers and is continuing its record of fast and extremely reliable
service.
AT&T
For more than 125 years, AT&T has been known for unparalleled quality and reliability in communications. Backed by the research and
development capabilities of AT&T Labs, their commitment to innovation has made them a global leader in local, long distance, Internet,
and transaction-based voice and data services. With a large number of end-users, via Comcast and Charter, a connection to AT&T is
required for optimal performance to these end users.
Verizon Business
One of three operating units of Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), Verizon Business delivers advanced IP, data, voice and
wireless solutions to large business and government. Verizon Business owns and operates one of the most expansive IP backbone networks in
the world.
Network includes OC-192 lines that allow data transfer up to 10Gbps, the fastest commercially available today
Network includes more than 446,000 route miles, including terrestrial and undersea cable, spanning six continents and access to
another 187,000 route miles from Verizon Telecom
Provide voice, data and Internet services via a state-of-the-art fiber-optic network to customers in more than 2,700 cities and
150 countries
Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) is deployed on the North American, European and Asian IP backbone networks to improve
traffic engineering and management
More than 200 data centers in 22 countries across five continents
XO Communications
XO is a facilities-based backbone provider in the U.S. XO operates a nationwide OC-192 IP network and owns significant fiber optic network assets, including an 18,000
route-mile inter-city network and more than 9,000 route-miles within 40 major metropolitan markets. XO currently carries more than 15 billion minutes of Voice over IP (VoIP)
traffic across its network each year. XO has approximately 1 million miles of metro fiber, 100+ Tier One Internet peering points, and provides network services to 50% of the
Fortune 500. Winner, NXTComm Eos Award for Best Backbone/Core Network, 2007.
PCCW Global
PCCW Global is a leading legacy-free Internet backbone provider, offering IP-based end-to-end communications solutions over its own
global native Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)-enabled network. With offices and direct network access points located in Asia,
North America, Europe and the Middle East, PCCW Global delivers a comprehensive suite of wholesale and enterprise IP-Based services.
TeliaSonera
TeliaSonera is the leading Nordic and Baltic telecommunications group which was established in 2002, as the result of a merger between
the Swedish and Finnish telecommunications companies, Telia and Sonera. Both companies have more than a century of experience in the
telecommunications industry. TeliaSonera operates in more than 20 countries in Europe and in the U.S. and Russia with more than 24,800
wholly-owned global network route miles.
GameRail
GameRail is a private high-speed network designed to improve the performance of online gaming. Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, GameRail uses its heavily peered,
geographically distributed network gateways in combination with various Internet Service Providers (ISP) to reduce latency and packet loss in online games. In Summer 2007, 34
million homes with broadband connections in the U.S. and Canada and 10,000 First Person Shooter (FPS) and Real Time Strategy (RTS) servers were attached to the GameRail
network.
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