Limelight Doubles Traffic on Global Crossing Backbone

• By theWHIR.com , May 23, 2003

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May 23, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Global Crossing (globalcrossing.com) announced today that Limelight Networks (limelightnetworks.com) doubled the amount of traffic it runs over Global Crossing?s backbone during the first quarter of 2003. This company reports that this level of growth is continuing during the second quarter.

Global Crossing has been supporting Limelight?s content delivery, streaming media and enterprise transit customers since 2001. It currently provides it with an IP Transit capacity of nine gigabits.

?We emphasize routing over Global Crossing?s network based on their performance,? said David Rice, Limelight Network?s vice president of marketing.

?Their domestic and international routes, combined with their excellent peering, complement our strategy of locating our distributed points of presence at critical intersections of the Internet for enhanced content delivery,? added Rice. ?All of our customers ? demand high performance. Global Crossing supports us in meeting those requirements via their solid backbone and infrastructure.?

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