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PowerLynx Hosting is connected to a national backbone that is ranked among the top in the nation. With dual OC3 (155Mbps) connections to several major exchange points, (including MAE-West in San Jose, CA; PAIX in Palo Alto, CA; AADS in Chicago, IL; NYIIX in New York, NY; and MAE-East in Vienna, VA) forming rings around the nation. The self-healing network architecture virtually eliminates a single point of failure. In addition to the backbone, in place is a backup transit from multiple providers in multiple locations to ensure that data will arrive via the shortest possible route. Because of the backup transit and the many international peers, the network maintains the shortest routes for sending data all over the world. On an ongoing basis, negotiations take place with the top fiber carriers for new routes, additional backup transit providers, and updated peering relationships are always being added. PowerLynx Hosting switched network utilizes the Border Gateway Protocol Version 4 (BGP4) over Cisco 12000 series GSR routers. With the latest updates on the router^^^s IOS after it has been stress tested the latest IOS on a non-critical router, to make sure it is very stable. The Cisco Catalyst switch utilized is connected back to a core router via fiber |
