Published: March 10, 2006

OCG & ISPNET Stresses "Diversity Is Security" Theme at TELEHOUSE's BREAKFAST ON BROADWAY

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Fiber Paths Through Staten Island and New Jersey Offer New Redundancy Options

A completely new dark fiber loop in metro New York, along with security through diversity and redundancy, were the leading discussion topics at February's BREAKFAST ON BROADWAY seminar. A full house heard presentations by Optical Communications Group and ISPnet at TELEHOUSE's BROADWAY Center situated at 25 Broadway, Manhattan NY.

Privately held OCG profiled the New York area's telecom scene and reasons behind the need for a new fiber route. OCG opined that much was discussed but little accomplished by telecoms after September 11th. Most network fiber now has an average age of twenty years. Signal loss is a consequence of too many splices and inconsistent maintenance; resulting in networks largely incapable of handling multiplex and costly to operate. With improved readiness a necessity, telecoms have daily security discussions and a renewed willingness to spend money.

These factors created a void for Manhattan bypass routes and connections to cable heads at Long Island New York's eastern end. "Diversity is security in a very large respect," said OCG Vice President Ed Stegeman. "Our new dark fiber routes finally give New York a redundant underground/submarine loop to bypass Manhattan. By avoiding bridges to access Staten Island and New Jersey, we eliminated major failure points that exist in other networks."

ISPnet, also privately held and New York-based, took up the diversity theme from the ISPs' perspective. The regional service provider utilized its expertise in high speed connectivity throughout their presentation. "The goal for ISPs should be to achieve robustness through redundancy," said ISPnet founder Bob Tinkelman.

Tinkelman advocated that every ISP's evaluation list include obtaining a carrier hotel's network map, even though most ISPs do not require extremely high levels of redundancy. Outages are unavoidable, so colocation setups require two different power sources plus transfer switches. While ISPs should select locations to achieve true direct routes, those in urban settings are limited by provider locations and cost. Tinkelman used well illustrated diagrams to point out absence of true redundancy in various scenarios faced by ISPs.

March 15th's BREAKFAST ON BROADWAY will focus on how to utilize alternative regional and local network providers, the diverse routes, services and costs they offer, and meeting Federal disaster recovery and network diversity regulations, such as using new fiber paths bypassing Manhattan via Staten Island. Economic opportunities offered by state and municipal government programs through tax breaks, abatements, real estate and business development also will be taken up. AboveNet and the Staten Island Economic Development Group are co-hosts.

About TELEHOUSE America

TELEHOUSE is a carrier-neutral collocation space and services pioneer. Since 1989, they have provided secure, power-protected environments where customers house and operate their telecommunications and network resources. Companies from a wide range of industries locate their mission critical equipment at TELEHOUSE's collocation "meet-me-centers" in NY or CA to profit from potential business opportunities that exist from other TELEHOUSE customers. Among the many benefits of collocating with TELEHOUSE is the ability to connect to state-of-the-art peering exchanges in NYC (NYIIX; http://www.nyiix.net/) and LA (LAIIX; http://www.laiix.net/). Through close ties to its European and Asian sister companies, TELEHOUSE also can provide continuous, cost-effective operation of network-dependent businesses globally. Please visit http://www.TELEHOUSE.com or contact us at sales@TELEHOUSE.com.

About OCG-Optical Communications Group

Optical Communications Group (OCG) is a facilities-based provider of technologically advanced, high bandwidth fiber optic transmission capacity for communications carriers. Since the start of the OCG network in 1998 our customers have experienced a zero failure rate. OCG's operates networks in Long Island, New Jersey and New York City's five boroughs using one hundred percent underground fiber optic cables which link various locations and customers. OCG provides connections to the trans-Atlantic cables located in Long Island and has an infrastructure that lies predominantly outside of Manhattan, providing a redundant, secure network. Visit us at www.OCGfiber.com

About ISPnet

ISPnet, Inc is a privately-owned New York based company. As a regional service provider ISPnet specializes in high speed connectivity and client-oriented service. ISPnet provides services via Ethernet handoffs to companies collocated at various TELEHOUSE centers, as well as via traditional T1 and T3 data circuits to customers in the New York and New Jersey areas. Please visit www.ispnetinc.net

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