http://dynamic.adtaq.com Seattle Co-Location Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:48:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Many colocation providers are touting "route-optimized bandwidth" as a value add to their clients. They say it makes their bandwidth better and more reliable, automatically optimizing traffic for customers. However, this is just one way to interpret what a route optimizer actually does. Providers will say the units route around brown-outs, ... http://dynamic.adtaq.com/tonys-blog/route-optimization-explained Adtaq network engineers have just finished provisioning Gigabit Ethernet connectivity with Level(3) Communications. Since their founding in 1998, Level(3)® has been focused on delivering premier services over one of the world’s most advanced, IP-optimized networks. Level(3) owns and maintains over 48,000 intercity route miles. Level(3) counts among its customers: 19 of the world’s ... http://dynamic.adtaq.com/adtaq-news/adtaq-adds-gigabit-connectivity-to-level3 In the hosting world, bandwidth has always been one of the major 'wow-factor' figures providers use to differentiate themselves from the masses. A prospective customer might believe that if Provider A has a single 100 Megabit to the Internet and Provider B has 2 GigE's to the Internet, then Provider ... http://dynamic.adtaq.com/tonys-blog/why-having-the-most-bandwidth-is-not-always-best My last post summerized the history of the Adtaq network while reflecting on some memorable occasions and milestones. The conclusion left folks wondering what the 'graduation' may have meant and I'm back now (finally!) to pull that rabbit out of the hat. The Adtaq network is now powered by a Cisco ... http://dynamic.adtaq.com/tonys-blog/welcome-to-carrier-grade Today is a proud day for me, personally. I started this company barely knowing what a router was. Heck, I didn't need to... I sold web hosting! The company grew and my market evolved. People wanted to host entire machines, not just web-sites. I knew a switch took one uplink and turned ... http://dynamic.adtaq.com/tonys-blog/network-graduation Adtaq Internet, LLC based in Issaquah, Washington has opened its new Issaquah colocation facility and is now accepting colocation customers. Adtaq has operated from Seattle's Westin Building since 2003 and will continue to maintain a presence in this building for its core routing equipment and large bandwidth customers. "The Issaquah location ... http://dynamic.adtaq.com/adtaq-news/adtaq-internet-opens-first-datacenter-in-issaquah Adtaq Internet is happy to announce the addition of a gigabit ethernet connection to Hurricane Electric. HE.net will become the basis of Adtaq's standard bandwidth package which offers low-latency, high bandwidth connections at a price customers can afford. For more on Hurricane Electric, visit http://www.he.net. http://dynamic.adtaq.com/adtaq-news/adtaq-turns-up-new-gigabit-connectivity-to-henet In our unending efforts to provide the very best customer experience in the Seattle area, Adtaq Internet has turned up gigabit connectivity to Mzima Networks. With a backbone designed at 10 gigabit from the beginning, route-optimized transit over Level(3) and Savvis, and strategic private peering relationships, we think you'll agree ... http://dynamic.adtaq.com/adtaq-news/adtaq-adds-gigabit-connectivity-to-mzima-networks