A map from AboveNet's website showing its installed fiber network
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Connectivity solutions provider AboveNet (www.above.net) announced on Tuesday it is expanding its network in Seattle.
AboveNet says its new fiber optic rings provide short, low-latency routes from downtown Seattle to the Sabey Data Center Complex in Tukwila and include connections to the new American Life data center.
This announcement is part of AboveNet’s recent effort to expand its network to key US metro markets.
“We expect our new low latency routes to be very popular with Seattle’s enterprises and carriers that must have secure, high bandwidth connectivity for business-critical data communications,” said Xenophon Giannis, executive director of Pacific region sales at AboveNet. “Our high performance network provides customers with increased network diversity and is a faster alternative to the existing 80-mile fiber ring around Lake Washington.”
AboveNet’s current network in Seattle spans 250 route miles, covering from Mukilteo to the north to Tacoma in the soutch, with routes throughout downtown Seattle, Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond and around Lake Washington.
In additon to expanding its US network, in September AboveNet announced plans for a European broadband network expansion.
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