CompuServe brings first Internet centre online | 18 June |
Compuserve has confirmed it has brought its first dedicated Internet Protocol (IP) network operations center (NOC) online in Columbus, Ohio. According to officials with Compuserve, the dedicated NOC has assumed management responsibilities for CompuServe's PPP plants in Europe and the US, as well as for CompuServe's asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)based Internet Peering Network, which exchanges Internet traffic with other major ISPs (Internet service providers) in the US. John Borusheski, CompuServe's manager of technical services, said that the opening of the center will allow the online service to deliver greater global network management. Assisting Compuserve in the creation of the new network center is interGlobe Networks of Seattle, Washington. Officials with the company claim that the new center will allow Compuserve to better control its TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) network. As reported last week by Newsbytes, Compuserve is making giant strides in preparing the way for the opening of multiple Internet farms -local Internet outreach sites from the Compuserve global network -that will speed up the data downloads that Compuserve subscribers can achieve on the Compuserve network. By the end of the year, users in Europe will see their Internet calls by-pass the US service altogether, effectively out-dialing through a German Internet farm center. In preparing for these enhancements, in the US, Compuserve has added the MAE (metropolitan area exchange) West and East Internet interconnects to its Internet service, as well as connections in the PacBell network access point (NAP) and the Ameritech NAP peering point. These are in addition to the online giant's existing links into the Commercial Internet Exchange (CIX) and other US interconnects. (Steve Gold/19960617/Press Contact: Compuserve Press Office, Paris, +33-1-4714-2173; Reader Contact: Compuserve, Germany, +49-89-66574012; Andy Boyer Compuserve Network Services, 614-723-1338; Internet e-mail aboyer@csi.compuserve.com; Artour Baganov, interGlobe Networks, 206-623-2222, Internet e-mail artour@interglobe.com) |
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From the NEWSBYTES news service, 18 June |