July 2, 2003 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Server Central (severcentral.net) announced today that it has selected AboveNet (abovenet.com) as the newest IP transit carrier to complement its bandwidth offering in its Chicago data center.
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Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc. (mfn.com) will be assuming the AboveNet name after it emerges from bankruptcy protection later this year.
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The company said its decision to select AboveNet was based on the rich peering AboveNet maintains in Chicago, along with the speed and reliability of their national fiber network.
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?The addition of AboveNet to our existing portfolio of carriers reaffirms to the world that we run the best network in Chicago,? said Jordan Lowe, president of Server Central. ?Our carriers and peering enable us to reach almost every Tier-1 network and access provider right in Chicago – our customers consistently see speeds under 1 millisecond to their destination networks.?
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Headquartered in White Plains, New York, Metromedia Fiber Networks is a provider of optical communications and infrastructure solutions. It filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on May 20, 2002.
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Server Central is a Chicago-based provider of managed hosting, colocation and bandwidth services to the enterprise market.
