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    How to Analyze and pick a Colocation Data Center or Managed Hosting Company

    Posted in Colocation  by admin
    July 29th, 2009

    Many Organizations struggle with the decision of using a Data Center without support staff,
    a Data Center facility with various degrees of technical support including remote hands,
    application and hardware support, or using a Hosting Company that handles everything
    including hardware.

    There are many pros and cons depending on many factors including:

    Location:
    The Data Center location is very important. To minimize cost, many organizations have chosen
    Data Centers located near your offices so their personnel can support it. In small and mid sized Cities
    you might have much of a choice. In larger Cities you must consider what part of town you choose
    for your Data Center. In Cities like Los Angeles, New York City, or Houston it could take your technical
    staff one to two hours to get to the other side of town.

    Your choice of City also depends on the available of providers, amount of power outages,
    Weather (tornadoes, hurricanes, flooding), and technical resources. Several Companies located their
    Backup applications in a different town in most cases out of state. In states the size of Texas or California
    You might have a facility in Dallas and Houston, or Los Angeles and Sacramento. This is true for both
    Managed Hosting and Data Center Facilities.

    Companies:
    There are large and small Data Center and Hosting Companies. The Hosting or Data Center Companies
    differ in many respects. The size of the Company including Technical support are important because you
    do not want to rely on one or two individuals for your important applications.

    Technical Staff:
    If you use a Managed Hosting Company you do not have to worry about equipment, bandwidth, or
    Technical resources because they provide the whole enchilada.
    If you use a Data Center or what is commonly known as a Colocation Company their technical staff,
    Certifications, and specific expertise with various manufacturers’ hardware, and applications is vitally important.

    Equipment Costs:
    The cost of equipment including but not including Servers, Blade Servers, Routers, Switches, and Monitors
    can cost several thousands of dollars per month to lease or to buy. With the ever changing technologies
    many have found leasing their equipment is more cost effective, reduce maintenance issues, and promotes
    upgrading equipment when available.

    Service Level Agreements:
    SLA or Service Level Agreement vary also and in most cases are worth the paper they are written on. Receiving
    a few hundred dollars or even thousands or dollars when your downtime could have cost your Company hundreds
    of thousands of dollars.

    Environments:
    Data Center and Hosting Facilities environments should include a minimum of 2X for each including :

    Power ( levels of redundancy):
    Dual Access to separate power grids insuring there are no terrestrial connections including
    In the primary redundancy. Battery Backup, Power Search protection, Generator power for at least 72 hours with multiple trucking
    Companies supplying the diesel.

    HVAC or Air Conditioning Systems:
    Keeping your servers, cabinets, and cages cool is a must. A redundant over subscribed
    HVAC system is a must.

    Water:
    Many providers forget about water but their HVAC systems and some fire suppression systems use water.

    Fire Suppression:
    Specific area suppression is required. You do not want the whole floor wet because of one server
    on the other side of the data center heat up.

    Office Space:
    In an emergency or natural disaster having a data center that has a cubical, desk, or even workstations available for
    your use could be priceless.

    Bandwidth:
    All Data Centers have various Carriers (ATT, Verizon,Abovenet, Internap, XO, Level(3), Cogent, etc.) build into
    Their facility. They generally connect in part of the facility called the Meet-Me room. Access to multiple Internet,
    and fiber providers with separate connections leaving the facility will reduce the changes of downtime due
    to backhoe or other issues.

    Cost:
    I put cost last because many people lose their objectivity when they see how much various Organizations
    Charge for their services as opposed to how much will it cost our Company if this application, or backup system
    Is down. It could be thousands of dollars per minute and could cost someone’s job if there is down time.

    Sincerely,

    Jim (JR) Regan
    Colocation Consultant
    713-443-5911

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    E-Colo.com Worldwide Colocation Facilities

    Posted in Colocation  by admin
    July 1st, 2009

    WORLDWIDE COLOCATION FACILITIES

    		 E-colo.com provides solutions Worldwide. Please find below various Colocations facilities that provide multiple carrier connectivity and smart hands.

    Looking for a secure location at an affordable rate?

    Look at E-COLO for your colocation requirements. With turn-key service we provide our customers with state of the art facilities with quality Internet solutions.

    Call Jim Regan, Colocation Specialist at 713-443-5911.

    Browse throughout a few of our locations, and call 888-888-8534 with any questions including any locations or Cities you require.
    Location Address On-Net Access Provider Port Types Offered
    Atlanta 250 Williams Street, Suite E100, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA MFS, OnFiber Communications, XO, ALS, Bell South DS3, ETH10, MAN10, MAN100, MAN10G, MANGIG, POTS, T1, T1BNDL, OC3, OC12, MAN, GIGE, ETH100, ATM, 10GIGE, ATM1
    Atlanta 56 Marietta, 2nd Floor, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA TELX ETH100, MAN100, GIGE, ETH10, POTS
    Atlanta 1033 Jefferson Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30318, USA AGL Networks ETH100
    Boston 300 Bent St, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA AAA, ALS, Level 3, MFS, Neon DS3, T1, OC3, GIGE, T1BNDL, ETH10, ETH100
    Boston 70 Inner Belt Road, Somerville, MA 02143-4414, USA AAA, ALS, MFS, Neon DS0, ETH10, ETH100, MAN100, MANGIG, OC3, POTS, T1, T1BNDL, MAN50, MAN10, MAN, GIGE, DS3
    Chicago 350 E. Cermak Road, 5th Floor, Chicago, IL 60616, USA ALS, Level 3, MFS, OnFiber Communications, Touch America DS0, DS3, ETH10, ETH100, GIGE, MAN, MAN50, MANGIG, T1, T1BNDL, POTS, OC3, MAN100, MAN10, 10GIGE
    Chicago 1905 Lunt Ave, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007, USA Equinix POTS, ETH100
    Chicago 111 N. Canal, Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60606, USA ALS, Ameritech, Level 3, MFS, OnFiber Communications, XO T1, ETH10, GIGE, MANGIG, OC3, POTS, DS3, ETH100, MAN10, MAN100, T1BNDL
    Dallas 1950 Stemmons Fwy, Ste 1032, Dallas, TX 75207, USA ALS, MFS, OnFiber Communications T1BNDL, T1, POTS, OC12, MANGIG, MAN50, MAN40, MAN300, MAN10G, MAN100, GIGE, 10GIGE, DS3, ETH10, ETH100, MAN, MAN10, OC3
    Dallas 1950 Stemmons Frwy, Ste 1034, Dallas, TX 75207, USA OnFiber Communications T1, POTS, OC3, OC12, MANGIG, MAN10, MAN, GIGE, ETH10, DRK2, DS3, ETH100, MAN100, MAN10G
    Denver 313 Inverness Way, South, Englewood, CO 80112, USA MFS, XO ETH10, ATM1, ATM1.5, ATM11, ATM15, ATM2, ATM22, ATM25, ATM45, ATM8, ATM9, ETH100, GIGE, MAN, MANGIG, POTS, QME40, QME60, T1BNDL, T1, ATM10, ATM12, ATM14, ATM18, ATM20, ATM3, ATM4, ATM50, ATM6, ATM60, ATM7, DS3, MAN10, MAN100, OC3, QME100, ATM
    Frankfurt TeleCity, Gutleutstrasse 310, , Frankfurt am MainFrankfurt, 60489, DEU Level 3, Sprint, Savvis, MCI, T-Systems Inc., Colt Communications, British Tel, AT&T, Fibernet

    Hong Kong 17/F Global Gateway, 168 Yeung Uk Road, Tsuen Wan, N. T., Hong Kong, SAR, HKG Equinix E1, ETH10, DS3, MAN10, MAN100, GIGE, POTS, ETH100, 10GIGE, T1
    Houston 1301 Fannin St., Suite 1100, Houston, TX 77002-7008, USA ALS, MFS, Qwest, Time Warner, XO T1BNDL, ETH10, ETH100, OC3, POTS, DS0, DS3, GIGE, MAN, MAN100, MAN200, MAN40, T1, MAN10
    Los Angeles 818 7th Street, 10th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90017, USA ALS, Level 3, MFS, OnFiber Communications, Pacific Bell, Touch America, XO T1BNDL, T1, OC3, OC12, MAN70, MAN10G, MAN10, ETH100, DS3, ETH10, GIGE, MAN, MAN/L3, MAN100, MAN600, MANGIG, POTS
    Los Angeles The Garland Center, 1200 West 7th Street, , Lower Level 1, Suite 120 Los Angeles, CA 90017, USA

    		GIGE, ETH100
    Los Angeles 2260 East El Segundo Blvd, El Segundo, CA 90245, USA

    		DS3, POTS, GIGE, T1, ETH100, ETH10
    Los Angeles 1920 East Maple Avenue, El Segundo, CA 90245, USA

    		GIGE, ETH10, ETH100
    Los Angeles 600 W. 7th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017, USA

    Los Angeles 1200 W 7th L2, Los Angeles, CA 90017, USA Internap Network Services OC3, GIGE, ETH10, DS3, ETH100, MAN300, POTS, T1
    London Telia Suite, Telecity, 2nd Floor, 8/9 Harbour Exchange Square, London, E14 9GE, GBR British Tel, Colt Communications, MCI, WCOM POTS, DS0, DS3, E3, GIGE, MAN10, MAN600, ETH100, 10GIGE, E1, ETH10, MAN100, MANGIG, OC3, T1
    London 11 Hanbury Street, London, E1 6QR, GBR Interxion Limited

    Miami 50 NE 9th Street, Miami, FL 33132, USA ALS, Bell South, MFS, NAP of the Americas, OnFiber, Progress Telecom, XO ETH10, MAN, MAN10, MAN100, MAN400, POTS, OC3, OC12, MANGIG, MAN300, MAN10G, GIGE, ETH100, E1, DS3, DS0, T1, T1BNDL
    New York 25 Broadway, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10004, USA AAA, ALS, MFS, OnFiber Communications MAN600, MAN50, MAN200, MAN150, MAN, ETH100, E1, T1BNDL, T1, OC3, OC12, MANGIG, MAN40, MAN100, MAN10, GIGE, ETH10, DS3
    Newark 95 Williams St., Newark, NJ 07102, USA ALS DS3, T1BNDL, T1
    New Jersey 101 Hudson Street, Ground Floor, Jersey City, NJ 07302, USA

    		DS3, OC3, POTS, T1, ETH10
    New York 111 8th Ave.,, New York, NY 10011, USA OnFiber, XO, Wiltel, Verizon, Time Warner, RCN, Qwest, Con Edison, MFS, Looking Glass Networks, Level 3, Fibernet, AboveNet, ALS ETH10, MAN100, OC3, POTS, T1, T1BNDL, MANGIG, OC12, MAN10, ETH100, DS3
    New York 76 9th Ave.,10th floor, New York, NY 10011, USA Internap Network Services POTS, GIGE, ETH100, ETH10, DS3, T1, OC3, MANGIG, MAN10G, 10GIGE
    New York 75 Broad St., 14th Floor, New York, NY 10004, USA OnFiber Communications MAN, ETH100, DS3, DS0, ETH10, GIGE, MAN10, MAN100, MANGIG, POTS, T1, OC3
    Oakland 720 2nd Street, Oakland, CA 94607, USA 365 Main POTS, OC3, ETH10, ETH100
    Santa Anna 1924 Deere Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92705, USA XO T1BNDL, T1, POTS, ETH100, ETH10, DS3, OC3, MAN100, MAN, GIGE
    Irvine 17222 Von Karman, Irvine, CA 92614, USA Cox, ICG, MCI, SBC, Time Warner, XO T1BNDL, T1, POTS, OC3, MAN100, GIGE, ETH100, ETH10, MANGIG, MAN10, DS3
    Osaka c/o eOsaka, Saiwaiecho Naniwaku, Osaka City, 556-0021, JPN E-Osakak-Opticom T1, MAN100, ETH100, ETH10, MAN10, MAN
    Philadelphia 401 N Broad, 4th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19108, USA ALS, XO OC3, GIGE, ETH100, T1BNDL, T1, POTS, MANGIG, MAN100, ETH10, DS3
    Philadelphia 3701 Market St., 5th Fl., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

    		ETH10, T1, DS3, ETH100, MANGIG, POTS
    Phoenix 120 East Van Buren St., Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA Sprint, XO, Wiltel, Time Warner, Cox, Qwest, Level 3, AboveNet, AT&T T1, MAN600, GIGE, DS3, T1BNDL, POTS, OC3, MANGIG, MAN10, ETH100, ETH10
    Phoenix 2121 South Price Road, Chandler, AZ 85248, USA

    		POTS, OC3, GIGE, ETH100, DS3, T1, ETH10
    Phoenix Carpathia Hosting, 120 East Van Buren St., Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA Carpathia Hosting

    San Diego 5771 Copley Drive, San Diego, CA 92111, USA XO OC3, MAN100, ETH10, DS3, POTS, T1BNDL, T1, MAN10, GIGE, ETH100
    Seattle 2001 6th Ave, Suite 800, Seattle, WA 98121, USA ALS, ELI Inc., MFS, OnFiber Communications, Qwest, Touch America 256K, ATM, ATM12, ATM20, ATM25, ATM7, GIGE, MAN10, MANGIG, OC12, OC3, POTS, T1BNDL, MAN100, MAN, ETH100, ETH10, DS3, ATM4, QME10, T1
    Seattle 140 4th Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109, USA ALS, MFS, OnFiber Communications, XO DS3, E1, DRK2, DS0, ETH100, MAN100, OC3, POTS, T1BNDL, ETH10, GIGE, MAN10, MAN10G, MANGIG, T1
    Seattle 3355 S 120th Place, Seattle, WA 98168, USA Internap Network Services DS3, OC3, 10GIGE, ETH10, ETH100, GIGE, POTS, T1
    San Jose 611 River Oaks Parkway, San Jose, CA 95134, USA MFS T1BNDL, OC3, OC12, ETH10, T1, MAN10, ETH100, DS3
    San Francisco 650 Townsend St., Suite 180, Lower Level 1, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA MFS, OnFiber Communications, Pacific Bell DS3, ETH10, MAN10, MAN100, OC12, DS0, ETH100, GIGE, MAN, MANGIG, OC3, POTS, T1, T1BNDL
    San Francisco 365 Main Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA AboveNet, IP Networks, MFS, SBC, UFO, XO DS3, ETH10, ETH100, MAN400, OC12, OC3, GIGE, MAN10, MAN100, POTS, T1, T1BNDL
    Singapore Block 20, Ayer Rajah Crescent, Ayer Rajah Industrial Park, , #05-05/08Singapore, 139964, SGP Equinix ETH100, MAN100, DS3, E1, ETH10, MAN10
    San Jose 55 S Market Street, Suite 1480, San Jose, CA 95113, USA AT&T, AboveNet, CRG West, Hurricane Electric, IP Networks, MFS, Netmagic, OnFiber, Optigate, Peer 1, SBC, Time Warner, UFO, Wiltel ETH10, MAN, MAN100, POTS, ETH100, GIGE, OC3, T1
    San Jose 255 Caspian Dr, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, USA

    		DS3, ETH10, OC3, T1, ETH100, GIGE, POTS
    San Jose 1735 Lundy Avenue, San Jose, CA 95131, USA Equinix ETH100, ETH10, GIGE, T1
    San Jose 11 Great Oaks Blvd., San Jose, CA 95119, USA

    Sydney Unit B, 639 Gardeners Road, Mascot, NSW 2020, AUS Equinix E3, MAN10, ETH100, T1, ETH10, E1
    Tokyo NTT-ME Data Center, BEC Building 7F, 3-6-4 Rinkai-cho, Edogowa-ku, Tokyo, 134-0086, JPN NTT-East, PoweredCom ATM, ATM1, ATM1.5, ATM10, ATM2, ATM3, ATM50, ETH100, MAN100, MAN300, MAN50, ATM0.5, ATM20, ATM30, ATM5, ETH10, GIGE, MAN, MAN10, MAN600, POTS, MANGIG, T1
    Tokyo Urbannet Kayaba-kabuto bldg, 1-1 Tomizawa-cho Nihonbashi Chuou-ku, Tokyo, 103-0006, JPN

    		MAN100, POTS, ETH10
    Tokyo 4th Floor B-Block of TRC C-Building, 5-1 Heiwajima, 6-chome, , Oota-kuTokyo, 143-0006, JPN

    		MAN, MAN600, MANGIG, ETH100, GIGE, MAN10, MAN100
    Toronto 151 Front Street – Suite 707, Toronto, ON M5J2N1, CAN ETH10, ETH100, MAN400, MANGIG, T1BNDL, GIGE, MAN10, MAN100
    Virginia 1755 Old Meadow Road, McLean, VA 22102, USA AAA, ALS, Level 3, Looking Glass Networks, MFS, OnFiber Communications DS3, ETH100, GIGE, ETH10, MAN, T1BNDL, MAN100, MANGIG, OC3, T1
    Virginia 21715 Filigree Court, Bldg. F, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA OnFiber Communications DS3, ETH10, ETH100, GIGE, MAN100, POTS, 10GIGE, MAN, MAN10, MANGIG, OC3, T1, T1BNDL
    Virginia 7990 Science Application Ct., Vienna, VA 22182, USA ALS, Lightwave, Looking Glass Networks, MFS, OnFiber, Qwest, Verizon, Wiltel, XO DS3, ETH100, GIGE, ETH10, MAN100, POTS, T1
    Virginia 44470 Chilum Place, Building 1, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA

    		GIGE, ETH100
    Washington DC 21715 Filigree Court, Bldg. F , Washington DC, DC 20147, USA

    Virginia 21691 Filigree Ct, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA ETH100, GIGE

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    Colocation in Today’s Fast Paced Environment

    Posted in Colocation  by admin
    July 1st, 2009

    COLOCATION

    Corporate leaders in today’s fast paced e-business environment require a highly available, redundant and secure enterprise infrastructure. E-COLO meets this market need by providing an e-business infrastructure to our clients that is built upon a highly available data center architecture thereby saving our clients on intensive capital and technical resource costs without building and monitoring their own facility. E-COLO vendor-neutral approach provides our clients with the value assurance that their business requirements map directly to a best-in-class managed service utilizing the best Service Providers, Communication Providers, Internet Access Providers, Data Storage Companies, Voice Processing Companies, and Corporate Companies.

    Our Internet Data Centers are built upon a Tier 1 Internet backbone providing our clients with redundant, fault tolerant, uninterrupted power, 24X7 security, carrier class environmental controls that providing our clients with the flexibility and scalability for their e-business infrastructure. Our Internet Data Centers enable our clients to receive competitive pricing on colocation services from multiple Service Providers, thus increasing the redundancy for their networked environment. This provides our clients with unparalled network and route diversity with cross-connect capability to other customers and Service Providers. Each Internet Data Center complies with the best practices in data & voice network standards, systems with the highest-level of power availability, temperature control, fire suppression, all housed in a secure access facility.

    Clients that leverage E-COLO experience in supporting our clients e-business infrastructure colocation requirements will be able to choose their own connectivity solutions, thereby reducing capital outlays, reducing total cost of ownership, and reduce their time to market. This is backed by a service assurance industry-leading Service Level Agreement guaranteeing network, environment and power availability.

    Our least expensive provider of IP resides at these locations. Certain Colocation facilities are now full due to high demand.

    Atlanta
    56 Marietta St NW 6th Floor Atlanta GA
    56 Marietta St NW Atlanta GA

    Boston
    1 Summer St, 4th Floor Boston MA
    300 Bent St – 1st Floor Cambridge MA
    500 Rutherford Ave Charlestown MA
    1 Cabot Rd First Floor Medford MA
    74 West Street – 1st Floor Waltham MA
    56 Roland St – 2nd Floor Boston MA

    Chicago
    350 E CERMAK RD – 5th Floor CHICAGO IL
    427 S LaSalle St Suite 405 Chicago IL
    427 S LaSalle St Suite 405 Chicago IL
    717 S Wells St – 7th Floor Chicago IL
    111 N Canal St – Suite 200 Chicago IL
    725 S Wells, Suite 300 Chicago IL
    800 Jorie Blvd Oak Brook IL

    Dallas
    3000 Irving Blvd Dallas TX
    3180 Irving Blvd – 1st Floor Dallas TX
    1950 Stemmons Fwy N Suite 1032 Dallas TX
    1950 Stemmons Fwy N Suite 1034 Dallas TX
    1950 Stemmons Fwy N Suite 1070 Dallas TX
    2323 Bryan St – 14th Floor Dallas TX
    1333 North Stemmons Freeway, Dallas TX
    4101 Bryan Street – 1st Floor Dallas TX
    96 Inverness Drive East First Floor Englewood CO

    Denver
    910 15th St – Suite 751 Denver CO
    1850 Pearl Street – 1st Floor Denver CO
    9706 E Easter Ave Suite 160 Englewood CO
    12001 North Fwy Houston TX

    Kansas City
    1025 Grand Avenue Kansas City MO

    Los Angeles
    818 W 7th St – 6th Floor Los Angeles CA
    818 W 7th St – 11th Floor Los Angeles CA
    1200 W 7th St Lower Level 1 Los Angeles CA
    1200 W 7th St Lower Los Angeles CA
    1200 W 7th St – Suite LL2-240 Los Angeles CA
    530 W 6th St – Penthouse Los Angeles CA
    700 Wilshire Blvd – 1st Floor Los Angeles CA
    600 W 7th St 6th Floor Los Angeles CA
    650 S Grand Ave – Suite 1000 Los Angeles CA
    650 S Grand Ave – 7th Floor Los Angeles CA
    626 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles CA

    Miami
    1 NE 1st St 5th Floor Miami FL
    36 NE 2ND ST – 1st Floor MIAMI FL
    200 SE 1st St Miami FL
    50 NE 9th St. Miami FL
    100 N Biscayne Blvd 2nd Floor Miami FL

    New Jersey
    111 Pavonia Ave- 7th F Jersey City NJ
    165 Halsey St – 8th Floor NEWARK NJ
    165 Halsey St, 7th Fl Newark NJ
    165 HALSEY ST – 5th Floor NEWARK NJ

    New York
    111 Eighth Ave – Suite 518 New York NY
    111 Eighth Ave – Suite 734 New York NY
    111 Eighth Ave Suite 809 New York NY
    111 Eighth Ave – 3rd Floor New York NY
    111 Eighth Ave – 15th Floor New York NY
    75 Broad St New York NY
    25 Broadway – 5th Floor New York NY
    60 Hudson St Suite 1904 New York NY
    60 Hudson St Suite 900 New York NY
    395 Hudson St First Floor New York NY
    882 3rd Ave – 9th Floor Brooklyn NY

    Orlando
    100 West Lucerne Circle Orlando FL

    Philadelphia
    3701 Market St 5th Floor Philadelphia PA
    401 N Broad St 9th Floor Philadelphia PA
    401 N Broad St – 11th Floor Philadelphia PA
    401 N Broad St – 3rd Floor Philadelphia PA

    Sacremento
    1100 North Market Boulevard Sacramento CA
    1200 Striker Avenue Sacramento CA

    San Diego
    8929 Aero Dr – 1st Floor San Diego CA
    8929 Complex Drive San Diego CA
    9725 Scranton Rd First Floor, San Diego CA

    San Francisco / California
    185 Berry St Suite 1820 San Francisco CA
    200 Paul Ave – 3rd Floor San Francisco CA
    200 Paul Ave, 5th Flr San Francisco CA
    60 Federal St – Suite ? San Francisco CA
    365 Main Street San Francisco CA
    3175 Spring St. Redwood City CA
    55 S Market St San Jose CA
    529 Bryant Street Palo Alto CA
    534 Stockton Ave 1st Floor San Jose CA
    1380 Kifer Rd – 1st Floor Sunnyvale CA
    11 Great Oaks – 1st Floor Santa Clara CA
    250 stockton Avenue – 1st Floor San Jose CA
    760 Mission Court Fremont CA
    529 Bryant St Palo Alto CA
    11 Great Oaks-Cage 1940 Santa Clara CA

    Seattle
    2001 6th Ave Suite 1300 Seattle WA
    2001 6th Ave – Suite 1200 Seattle WA
    2001 6th Ave – Suite 3205 Seattle WA
    2001 6th Ave 2001 6th – 18th Floor Seattle WA
    1904-1914 Third Ave Seattle WA
    1000 Denny Way – 1st Floor Seattle WA

    St. Louis
    210 N. Tucker St, Suite 400 St. Louis MO

    Tampa
    655 N Franklin St 1000 Tampa FL
    7901 Woodland Center Blvd – Tampa FL

    Toronto
    151 Front St. W. Suite 704 Toronto ON

    DC/Virgniia
    1220 L St NW 500 Washington DC
    8502 Tyco Rd- 1st Floor Vienna VA
    8619 Westwood Center Dr Suite 200 Vienna VA
    21711 – 21715 Filigree Ct – Ashburn VA
    1755 Old Meadow – 1st Floor McLean VA
    7990 Science Application Ct McLean VA
    11513 Sunset Hills Rd – 1st Floor Reston VA

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    Fiber Optics vs. Copper Cable, Which is better?

    Posted in Connectivity  by admin
    July 1st, 2009

    For many years, copper cable was the only option for your network. Your network may still be wired with copper. Should you change to fiber optics? To determine the best course of action, you must consider if the benefits of fiber optics out-weigh the cost required to rewire you network.

    Copper wires are fragile and can be difficult to maintain. Copper wiring has a much smaller bandwidth than fiber optic cabling (Copper 1.5 mbs vs. fibre 2.5+gbs). And, copper wires do not move data as far as fiber optic cabling does. While copper wires may break on occasion, it is not difficult to pull and new line to replace the old. Bandwidth limitations are only a problem if you have a need to move large amounts of data. Finally, distance is a consideration only if you need to cover a very large area. Copper effectively manages a distance of 2.5 KM while fiber can handle 200 KM.

    If your network is fairly constant and you are not relocating, unless you have bandwidth or distance issues, it makes more sense to maintain the copper wiring. If, on the other hand, you are relocating, growing, or planning to grow, fiber optics make more sense. Faster networks will demand greater bandwidth network capacity. Although Fiber is much cheaper than copper, switching from copper to fiber isn’t as simple as plugging in new wires. You will need new connectors.

    Fiber cables transmit pulses of light instead of electrical signals, so the terminations must be much more precise. Rather than simply allowing pins to make metal-to-metal contact as with copper, fiber optic connectors must align microscopic glass fibers perfectly in order to allow for communication.

    Optical fibre is known for its reliability and immunity to sources of interference such and it its extremely large bandwidth (ranging from 600 MHz to 1000 MHz), is suited to multimedia applications. Optical fibre cables do not conduct electricity or support ground loops, so will be unaffected by lightning strikes.

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