Diamond.Net provides OC3 connection to reduce Apple Computer's Internet bottleneck.ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 1996-- High-speed, ATM-based connection allows faster access to Apple's online customer support channel Diamond.Net, a provider of Internet and Intranet broadband digital network solutions, won a multiyear contract to provide an Asynchronous Transfer Mode See ATM. (communications) Asynchronous Transfer Mode - (ATM, or "fast packet") A method for the dynamic allocation of bandwidth using a fixed-size packet (called a cell). See also ATM Forum, Wideband ATM. ATM acronyms. Indiana acronyms. (ATM) OC3 network connection for Apple Computer's customer support center in Austin, Texas. Diamond.Net is building a global managed private ATM network, which it recently expanded by installing a private network access point (PNAP PNAP Protected Natural Areas Programme (New Zealand) PNAP Private Network Access Point PNAP Planar Network Analysis Programs ) in Austin, to allow business customers faster, more efficient access to the Internet. An OC3 connection is one of the largest single connections to the Internet available today. The OC3 connection from Diamond.Net will function as a redundant Internet access See how to access the Internet. point to Apple's existing DS3 connection to the Internet at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. The Austin location supports Apple's entire worldwide infrastructure for customers to access the online support center over the Internet, as well as for Apple employees to access the company's Intranet. "After researching several other providers, we selected Diamond.Net to boost our online customer support channel because only Diamond.Net can provide a high-speed transit to most of the other major networks," said David Paul Zimmerman Paul Lionel Zimmerman (born October 23 1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), known to many fans as "Dr. Z", is an American football sportswriter who currently writes for the weekly magazine Sports Illustrated. He is sometimes confused with (but not related to) Paul D. , senior network engineer at Apple Computer. "As an Internet-focused company, we don't want our customers to have to put up with frustrating frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: bottlenecks from our end when they need support. Diamond.Net guarantees to maintain its bandwidth at certain levels, ensuring that our customers will connect to the Internet using the shortest possible path." "Diamond.Net's managed private ATM network is based on the best and latest technology," said Andrew Gladney, president and chief executive officer at Diamond.Net. "We can provide Apple and in turn, Apple's customers, with the fastest, cleanest access to the Internet available, with minimal packet loss." Diamond.Net, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a provider of secure full service global Intranet and Internet broadband digital network solutions for businesses. Diamond.Net is using full, clear channel DS3/OC3 fiber optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber and satellite connectivity to create its own managed private ATM network. Utilizing self healing The ability to restore a failure situation such as a broken transmission line or a missing program file that is part of a software application. See self-healing network. SONET technology with traffic relief pipes in each city to the other major private networks representing 90 percent of the Internet, Diamond.Net can provide a diverse, fully redundant network for corporate communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. . Diamond.Net's national managed private ATM network will be in 15 cities by the end of 1996. Diamond.Net offers the fastest and cleanest routing system for the transfer and delivery of voice, video and data streams at speeds ranging from 128 Kbps to 622 Mbps (OC12), as well as frame relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. connections at speeds up to 45 Mbps. -0- Editors' Note: An electronic version of this news release is available through Edelman Public Relations' World Wide Web home site at http://www.edelman.com., or view the Diamond.Net home page at http://www.dmnd.net. NOTE TO EDITORS: There are three "at" symbols in the contact information below: between "broberts" and "dmnd.net"; between "mprofeta" and "edelman.com"; and between "asoden" and "edelman.com." These symbols may not appear properly in some systems. CONTACT: Diamond.Net, St. Louis Burton Roberts, 314/727-5596 broberts@dmnd.net or Edelman Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , Chicago Marni Profeta/Amie Soden, 312/240-3000 mprofeta@edelman.com asoden@edelman.com |
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