AboveNet Connects to Latisys Ashburn Colocation Facility

Latisys data center customers in Virginia will benefit from the company's high bandwidth solutions and expansive fiber network footprint.

AboveNet, Inc., a provider of high bandwidth connectivity solutions, yesterday announced that it has connected its fiber optic network to the new Latisys Ashburn Colocation Campus in Virginia. Latisys data center customers can now leverage the company's high performance solutions for diverse, scalable network connectivity. It is also connected to Latisys facilities in Irvine, California and Chicago.

The company says that Latisys' campus is strategically located in one of the leading U.S. business centers just 10 minutes from Washington Dulles International Airport and the central federal government buildings. Enterprises and carriers at the Ashburn location will have access to its high bandwidth, low-latency connectivity solutions for secure business communications in and between the National Capital Region.

It avers that the company provides a complete portfolio of metro Ethernet, WDM, Long Haul and IP transit services. Potential benefits to Latisys customers include:

Multi-protocol support - Simplifies connectivity into the LAN.
Scalability - adding capacity to the network is as simple as inserting a card and customers can scale from 1Gbps to 40Gbps.
Reliability - WDM networks are designed to ensure highest availability, reliability and security.
Business continuity - Fiber Channel, ESCON or FICON for data mirroring, Storage Area Networks or other disaster recovery solutions.
Diversity - completely bypasses the ILEC or CLEC legacy networks.
Simple fiber handoff - no copper, pure fiber based network.
Latency guarantee - added assurance with the company's Agility Guarantee program.

The company mentions that the Latisys Ashburn Facility represents an IP POP (point-of-presence) which enables it to deliver Tier 1 IP service to Latisys client base at affordable rates. Customers also can benefit from the company's world-class fiber optic network with connections to buildings containing more than 450 data centers and expansive infrastructure that includes more than 2.3 million fiber miles, an intercity network spanning approximately 13,000 route miles and a global Tier 1 IP backbone.

"AboveNet is pleased to link our network to the Latisys Ashburn facility," said Matt Johns, Director of Mid-Atlantic Sales at AboveNet. "Our relationship with Latisys enables us to further extend our metro area and wide area network in this key U.S. region."

"AboveNet has established itself as one of the most reliable, scalable and diverse high bandwidth connectivity providers in the Metro DC region, and their diverse solutions portfolio will meet the mission critical needs of our customers," said David Haskell, Regional Sales Director, Latisys-Ashburn. "AboveNet has built or is currently building private fiber into all Latisys' North America facilities, and today's announcement extends the strong relationship the two firms have established."