Originally Posted by TidalWave

Subject: OC3 Networks - Network Upgrade Notice

Dear OC3 Networks and Web Solutions Clients:

We are proud to announce the installation and upgrade of our already exemplary network. We are currently in the process of two major upgrades which will result in extremely increased performance and stability overall.
One of these upgrades is our recent investment in the Internap Flow Control Platform (FCP), which is an automatic route optimization platform utilizing many individual and power hardware appliances which inspect, probe, and analyze our network as well as traffic destination networks for latency, packet loss, and shortest AS routes. The Internap FCP acts as an automatic on the fly routing optimization engine. In layman terms this means that on a minute by minute basis, this platform will be optimizing routes to each specific destination by analyzing which of our many backbone providers is reaching the destination with the lowest latency (ping), lowest packetloss, and the shortest amount of ASN hops (individual networks). It is a very advanced and complicated process which will result in immense overall performance and uptime. You may notice several small network blips today, and they are attributed to the installation and configuration of this optimization platform. We apologize for the small issues you may be seeing today while we perform this upgrade for long-term reliability and speed.

The second upgrade being performed today is the increase in capacity of Level(3) up to 20Gigabits per second, or 20,000Megabits per second. Increasing our business relationship with Level(3), we felt was a strong business decision to move us farther into the revitalized Internet industry, or as some know it as, Web 2.0. This increased capacity will allow us to provide you with long-term growth options and capabilities without suffering through capacity slow downs.

We hope you will enjoy these spectacular upgrades, and thank you for your patience while we perform them.

Thank You for your business!

Alex Ferrier

OC3 Networks and Web Solutions, LLC
"Built to Perform"