CNS servers are located inside the American Communications' state-of-the-art, carrier neutral Internet Data Center.  On the campus of the San Diego Technology Center, the area is rich in fiber optic connectivity.  The facility is equipped with the latest technologies and stands alone as San Diego's premier facility. Redundant hardware, network infrastructure, 24 x 7 x 365 network monitoring and management, technical support, power backup, and redundant air conditioning systems help us bring you our high quality services.

	Dual Cisco 12000(GSR) Gigabit Service Routers backbone routers provide multi-path connectivity to the backbone. Additional Cisco 7500 series aggregation routers provide connectivity to our T1, DS3, DSL and higher bandwidth clients. Cisco Catalyst 6500 enterprise switching/router hardware supports full supervisor capabilities, QOS monitoring, and enhanced TOS switching.  Redundant AC and DC power systems include triple redundant 500KVA Power Ware UPSs and 2 Megawatt Generator by Caterpillar.
	The facility practices a comprehensive security policy for your protection. Key elements of this policy include; manned Data Center 24 x 7 x 365, digital security cameras with motion detection, client defined access lists, biometric hand scanners, access validation with identity and a triple interlock early warning fire system with VESDA.   Uptime Monitored by Web Hosting Stuff

We utilize clustered servers to host our online applications. A server cluster is two or more servers working together to support client requests. When one server fails, it simply goes off-line and the remaining servers in the cluster support requests.

We also utilize clustering technology to provide updates to our platform with minimal impact to customers. By taking a node (server) off-line and updating it while the rest of the cluster nodes handles the normal load. This process is rotated until the entire cluster is updated.

Millions of dollars have been invested in backbone and routing equipment to design a network that out-performs all others.  Most Internet Service Providers (ISPs) use Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) technology to determine the best route for traffic over the Internet. Our network goes beyond what BGP can do.

Our solution provides a self-healing IP network that solves congestion and latency issues common to standard BGP routed backbones. We do this with the latest routing technology and infrastructure designed to exceed the built-in limitations of BGP. This new, but proven, technology provides our network with direct, ultra-low latency access to each of our 6 major Internet backbones.

Our six backbone connections virtually eliminate congestion and packet loss of your data that is commonly experienced by other ISPs. Our routing technology predetermines the fastest possible path between the data sender and the receiver, and routes the data accordingly. Our intelligent routing engine monitors the top 15,000 routes used by our network each minute and automatically determines the best route for your Internet traffic. These routes are updated 10,000 times per minute. And, because of our built-in redundancy, self-healing capabilities, fault tolerance of our network infrastructure, and automatic traffic routing around congestion, we are largely unaffected by major Internet backbone outages.

With direct connectivity to the top 6 major Internet backbones, we already enjoy direct access to 96% of the Internet. This does not take into consideration the multiple direct peers to other providers.  Our backbone routers, in conjunction with our performance based routing equipment, will route your traffic to the fastest possible network path. Whether your traffic is headed for UUNet, Qwest, Level 3, XO, Yipes/Wiltel or Verio, it will be routed directly to that network or rerouted to a faster network by our performance routing equipment

This makes our network a perfect match for demanding customers that require the highest performance in their Internet connectivity. These customer types include: voice over IP, gaming, database synchronization, streaming media and anyone that needs high performance network connectivity. Furthermore, this performance can be proven, please ask your sales representative for additional information.