American Fiber Systems Provides Enterprise Network Solution for World's Largest Web Hosting Provider.AFS A distributed file system for large, widely dispersed Unix and Windows networks from Transarc Corporation, now part of IBM. It is noted for its ease of administration and expandability and stems from Carnegie-Mellon's Andrew File System. AFS - Andrew File System Delivers Metropolitan Fiber Solution for New 1&1 Internet Data Center in Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- American Fiber Systems (AFS), a leading provider of data networks to carriers and large enterprises, has completed a metropolitan fiber network solution in the Kansas City metropolitan area for 1&1 Internet, Inc. (1&1), the world's largest web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. provider. "We selected AFS to connect our brand new Lenexa data center with low latency to leading ISPs through state-of-the-art connectivity," said Andreas Gauger GAUGER. An officer appointed to examine all tuns, pipes, hogsheads, barrels, and tierces of wine, oil, and other liquids, and to give them a mark of allowance, as containing lawful measure. , Chairman, 1&1 Internet, Inc. "The AFS line will be an important element for our service level promise of 99.99 per cent availability and is essential in bolstering our redundancy and achieving market-leading connectivity." The metropolitan fiber network solution connects 1&1's newest Data Center, located in Lenexa, Kansas with a number of Internet bandwidth providers, carrier hotels and network hubs in Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City is the largest city in the state of Missouri. It encompasses parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest in Missouri, which includes counties in both Missouri and Kansas. . American Fiber Systems, as part of its major dedication and focus on the enterprise market, built a 4-node, point-to-point, metro fiber circuit which included three major telecommunications Points of Presence (POPs) already on the company's network in the Kansas City metro area. "1&1 opened a fully-automated data center in Lenexa in early 2007 and the entire team at American Fiber Systems knew that completing this project on time was critical," said Mike Rosato, Senior Director-Carrier Sales for American Fiber Systems. "Dwight Davis did a magnificent job managing this project for AFS while working very closely with 1&1 to assure an on-time completion in spite of significant obstacles." American Fiber Systems owns and operates their fiber optic network in Kansas City which runs through both sides of the state lines of Missouri and Kansas. The company connects carriers and enterprises in six markets throughout the United States. About American Fiber Systems American Fiber Systems, a provider of metropolitan fiber optic network infrastructure and wholesale transport services, is dedicated to enabling wireline, wireless carriers and large enterprises achieve a competitive advantage from optical broadband communications technology. AFS has deployed of high-capacity, high-bandwidth metropolitan fiber optic cable Noun 1. fiber optic cable - a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light fibre optic cable transmission line, cable, line - a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power in several cities, including Atlanta, GA; Cleveland, OH; Kansas City KS/MO; Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, Nashville, TN and Salt Lake City, UT. They connect to a city's most important points of communications presence, including ILEC (Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier) A traditional local telephone company such as one of the Regional Bell companies (RBOCs). Contrast with CLEC. See ELEC and TELRIC. central offices and wire centers; CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) An organization offering local telephone service that is not one of the traditional telephone companies. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowed competition to the incumbent telcos (ILECs), enabling new companies (CLECs) POPs; Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. ) and data center locations; Inter-exchange "carrier hotels;" wireless providers and cable company head ends; and Fortune 1000 companies. AFS has over 500 capacity enabled on-net buildings. Please visit our website: www.americanfibersystems.com About 1&1 1&1 Internet Inc. is a subsidiary of United Internet, a profitable public company with 6,000 employees and a market cap of $4 billion. 1&1 was established in 1992 and hosts more than 7.5 million domain names, while 38,000 servers run on the company's four state-of-the-art data centers. 1&1's global community is over 6.5 million customer contracts strong. The company's U.S. headquarters is located in Chesterbrook, PA. For more information, please contact the company at www.1and1.com or 1-877-461-2631. |
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