NOVEMBER 28, 2006 -- Visionary Communications has announced the installation of a redundant Internet feed in Seattle. The ISP installed the connection earlier this month, lowering the costs of providing a redundant connection to the public Internet. Visionary found Internet feeds in Wyoming and Montana more expensive than carrying Internet traffic for its customers all the way to Seattle.
Visionary was looking to provide route redundancy to the Internet in the event its Wyoming feed experienced a failure. When the contract for its Billings, MT-based Internet feed came due, the company contracted an OC-3 from Billings to Seattle, along with an Ethernet feed in Seattle's Westin Building. The overall costs for both circuits were lower than Visionary would have paid carriers who provide service in Montana and Wyoming.
"Our coverage area is remote, meaning carrier options are limited. Feeds in Billings and Casper are carried to Denver before they hit the Internet," says Brian Worthen, president and CEO of Visionary. "That means our existing Casper [WY] feed would likely run over the same fiber to Denver. A fiber cut on a link with two feeds would be just as disastrous as having a single feed."
Worthen explained that carrying the Internet-bound traffic from Billings to Seattle provides a diverse route that won't run the risk of interruption if a fiber is cut toward Denver. The company already had an OC-3 in operation from Billings to Casper, connecting its two network cores. This existing fiber made it easier to pursue a westbound connection out of Billings and alter the way its equipment routes traffic to the Internet via the two network cores.
Visionary's network design enables the company to remain in operation if any of the three main fiber connections are cut. The company also benefits from connecting to major Internet hubs in two different parts of the country.
Visionary Communications offers DSL in 56 communities and wireless broadband in 11 communities. The company provides Internet service in more than 90 towns and cities throughout Montana and Wyoming.
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