As one of the leading providers of Colocation and Hosting Services on the West Coast, Hosting&COLO's Class "A", 10,000 sq. foot Data Center facility uses cutting edge technologies to ensure superior performance and reliable service. Built from the ground up, the "Zero Downtime" design and implementation of our Data Center and Network provides our customers with the highest grade of security, power, and protection against any potential interruptions.
Overall, Hosting&COLO strives to provide the secured environment, multi-homed network, performance and reliability required to keep your Internet enterprise online and operational.
»Network Infrastructure
Our core network is powered by redundant Cisco GSR 12000 Series Routers, which we have custom configured for BGP4 to provide you with the fastest path possible, as well as instant failover, which makes certain that even if one of our Providers circuits goes down, our Internet connectivity is still maintained and your servers stay online. Each server is capable of multi-homed, burstable bandwith up to 100Mbit. Our Network Infrastructure is NOC monitored 24x7 to ensure optimal uptime.
»Bandwidth
Get connected to the best bandwidth in Los Angeles! We provide your business with high-speed, low-latency Tier 1 bandwidth from Mzima, well-known for their ultra-fast, highly reliable bandwidth. Along direct and private peering arrangements in Los Angeles, Mzima uses only high-speed transit from top providers like Level3, UUNET, Global Crossing and WIltel.
Additionally, our Data Center is also equipped an entirely independent Gig-E fiber circuit of low-cost, high-quality bandwidth from Cogent. This ensures that even if one of our circuits go down, our Internet connectivity is still maintained and your servers stay online.
»Mzima Networks
Mzima Networks has designed a completely fault-tolerant network connecting to multiple Tier-1 carriers to provide the highest performance and reliability to its customers. Mzima uses customized, proprietary software in combination with BGP4 routing to make on-the-fly routing decisions, constantly analyzing the many possible paths customer traffic can take. Our expertise and focus is on routing and traffic delivery, allowing customers to receive the benefits of well-managed multi-homed bandwidth without requiring the expertise, equipment or associated costs, as well as receive the benefits of direct private peering with end-user ISP networks.
Internet routing is exceptionally complex and ever-changing. BGP4 routing requires a high degree of specific expertise and knowledge to receive the greatest benefit. This means constant policies analysis and adaptations, responding to security threats, and ongoing route optimization. Our team of routing experts make this their primary focus, allowing customers to focus on their primary business activity, whatever that may be.
• Fully-redundant architecture • Multi-gigabit backbone with over 5 Gbps of capacity • SONET transit connections for self-healing fault-tolerance • Multi-layer network design • Customized routing policies for customers • BGP best-path routing • Automatic detection and re-routing around network failures • Open peering policy allowing for local data delivery • Carrier fault-tolerance • Non-oversubscribed bandwidth • Quality of Service monitoring and analysis
Mzima has built its network services platform to be the best currently available, and will continue to make architectural improvements and refinements.
»Level(3)
Level 3 has built an advanced fiber-optic network utilizing Internet Protocol (IP) based technology. The Level 3 network combines both local and long distance networks connecting customers end-to-end. The company has 92 markets in service; 72 in the U.S. and 20 in Europe. See map below.
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»Level3 U.S. Intercity Network The North American intercity network spans approximately 18,900 miles.
»Level3 U.S. Local Networks Multi-conduit, upgradeable local city networks are currently operational in 27 U.S. cities. A typical local network consists of a Gateway site where Level 3 is able to offer services over its own local fiber network. This network interconnects with the other carriers and directly to potential customers within a city, ultimately allowing Level 3 to offer end-to-end services.
»Level3 European Intercity Network The 3,600-mile European intercity network is complete. Ring 1 connects London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris, Brussels and Karlsruhe. Ring 2 connects Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, and Cologne. The company also offers services in nine additional European markets: Copenhagen, Lipzig, Madrid, Manchester, Geneva, Milan, Stockholm, Vienna and Zurich.
»Level3 European Local Network The 9 European markets in service are London, Frankfurt, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Berlin, Munich, and Hamburg. All markets have their own Level 3 multi-conduit, upgradeable fiber network.
»Transatlantic Yellow, our transatlantic cable, spans 6,350 km and was activated in 4Q, 2000. It consists of 4 fiber pairs of which Level 3 owns and operates 50%. Global Crossing received 50% ownership in a joint build agreement with the company. Capacity starts at 320 Gbps initially and is upgradeable to 1.28 Tbps. Landing points are in Bude, Cornwall, U.K. and Long Island, New York, U.S. Additional transatlantic agreements have been signed for capacity on Global Crossing's AC-1.
»Cogent Communications
Cogent is the first and only IP data only nationwide network in the country. Running at an unprecedented 80 Gbps, Cogent's dedicated bandwidth is unmatched by any other carrier. Since Cogent has so much capacity, your data does not encounter the "traffic jams" caused by so many other ISPs that overload their networks with more subscribers than they can handle. See the Cogent Network Map below.
With its own network, Cogent has 100% fiber both along its backbone and throughout its Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs). More importantly, Cogent takes its fiber the "last mile" into the building!
The Cogent national backbone is designed to operate at OC-192. The MAN rings at OC-48. Our Cisco Powered Network uses ring redundancy and protected optronics to ensure survivability and availability of service.
The MAN rings on Cogent's network are provisioned with a finite number of buildings. This congfiguration enables Cogent to offer each customer a fully dedicated, non-oversubscribed 100 Mbps connection that is not shared with anyone else. This approach represents a singular opportunity in the market place.
