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Jun 28 2025
Gregoryg.net's network is connected throughout the world via OC192 internet backbone fiber. Gregoryg.net runs packets over several networks interconnected via BGP4 and CISCO 12000 GSR and JUNIPER routers. Gregoryg.net offers true multi-homed gigabit connectivity with gigabit connections to Level 3, Williams, Global Crossing, YIPES, and XO. Gregoryg.net has fiber to the PAIX and EQUINIX peering fabric and is located in a multistory building 100% dedicated to Telecom only. It is where AOL peers in Los Angeles and where you can cross-connect to nearly any provider.
What is Multi-Homed Connectivity?
Multi-Homed connectivity simply means that our servers are connected to multiple networks via BGP4 which provides a couple of neat features including load balancing as well as redundant connectivity and data throughput. The networks we run on are Level 3, Williams, Global Crossing, YIPES and XO, and the load balancing spreads all network traffic evenly across the networks and routers. Another benefit of multi-homed connectivity is that the network as a whole achieves 100% uptime. Even though the individual networks rarely go down, if one does it is not a problem because there are 4 others still up to handle traffic. We promise 100% network uptime because it is virtually impossible for all 5 networks to go down at once.
What is OC192 Fiber?
OC192 is the abbreviated term for Optical Carrier level 192, used to specify the speed level of fiber optic networks. OC192 speed is measured through SONET (Synchronous Optical Network) standards. OC192 works as a reliable fiber optic backbone for large networks with large voice/data/video bandwidth needs. OC192 is most often made up of what is called a "SONET ring" to maintain it's reliability (redundancy) for high speed transmissions.
An OC192 connection is the equivalent of having 5,376 T1 lines or 192 T3 lines.
OC192 = 10,000 Mbps = 10.0 Gbps. Ten thousand Megabits per second!!!
Currently the OC192 fiber connecting the Gregoryg.net network to the world is running a little less than 20% of its capacity, or a steady 1.7 Gbps. As you can see, we have plenty of room to grow with you or stream your fattest media!!! Sorry, no adult content or bulk emailers allowed so please don't even ask.
What is BGP4
A very simplified explanation of BGP4 is that it enables multiple routers on different networks to talk to each other and to route traffic through one another. The benefit is that if one network goes down, all traffic to over that network is automatically rerouted to a live network. It also provides load balancing across all available networks so that no one network is being overloaded with traffic.
For example, the Gregoryg.net network runs over multiple networks including Level 3, Williams, XO, Yipes and Global Crossing, each major carrier plugged to an individual Juniper or Cisco 12000 router. If for some reason one of the major networks goes down, say Global Crossing, all traffic that was running over Global Crossing is automatically rerouted over one of the other networks via BGP4.
What is the bottom line?
The bottom line is that the multi-story building housing Gregoryg.net's data center is 100% devoted to Telecom only and is the best place to locate your web presence. There are no businesses other than major players like AOL located in the building and in fact, if not for the burst of the Internet bubble, we would not be able to be situated in this location either. The whole building was wired in the early 1990s expressly for use by telecom giants only. Lucky for us the internet bubble burst and so we are able to take advantage of world class connectivity and offer it to our customer at cut rate prices.
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