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| The NAP advantages & Frequently Asked
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- KC NAP service is different than regular ISPs in that our
services are fully redundant to multiple carriers and to our
own peering fabrics.
- KC NAP is the only carrier we are aware of that will break
transport from transit allowing you to buy one transit connection
from us or others (even competitors) and then transport it on
our or partner networks. This can dramatically expand performance
and lower your cost by up to 30%.
- We are fully Ethernet and IP based avoiding conversion losses.
- Clients can order redundant Shadow Ports for additional reliability.
- We work closely with area data centers in developing the best
possible interconnect solutions, and maintain close carrier
relationships with many carriers that can interconnect you with
the NAP.
- Both fiber and copper Ethernet connections are supported.
- We strive to keep as much traffic local as possible thus reducing
distance latency losses, this includes our own Akamai Server
farm caching about 15% of the net.
- We do not oversubscribe our bandwidth, by this we mean that
we always provision sufficient bandwidth to avoid load induced
latency. This is a major difference in that some providers oversubscribe
20 to 1. Hint: have them show you their load graphs, if they
peak at certain times you know they oversubscribe.
- Naturally we efficiently route and do take advantage of the
best mix of customers thereby matching eyeball networks with
hosting networks to contain costs.
- By focusing on Enterprise, Carrier and Hosting we keep customer
counts low thereby insuring high levels of personal attention.
As such we offer no residential services.
- But if you have resedential services with any area carriers
ask them if they are peered with the NAP, as that will help
keep your traffic local and reduce the time it takes to load
webpages. We peer with area carriers for free.
- We also establish direct connections with our bandwidth partners
avoiding ILEC infrastructure and the cost and performance losses
normally found in ATM and OC based networks.
- Our layer 2 connections are all managed and monitored by us
so we know what to do when something goes wrong, and most of
them are protected insuring a alternate path if fiber is cut.
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