For millions of online gaming aficionados the key is staying connected to the game, where for hours they can play in real-time with gamers from around the globe. This dynamic and competitive interaction requires freedom from the latency, jitter and packet loss that-individually and collectively-erode the quality of the user experience.

Unfortunately, the standard Internet protocol, Border Gateway Protocol (BCP), determines traffic routing based upon the shortest path and overlooks many hazards of the Internet-such as traffic jams, brownouts and network outages-that are lethal to a fluid online gaming experience. And for companies that support 'massive multiplayer online role-playing games' (MMORPGs), the ability to keep tens of thousands of gamers connected without interruption is business-critical. Internap offers intelligent route control technologies that continuously monitor and reroute Internet traffic based upon metrics that matter most to businesses-such as cost efficiencies, shortest time or other performance criteria-and do an 'end run' around the limitations of the BGP.

Level(3) is one of the world's largest and most reliable carriers. Nine out of ten of the world's largest telecom carriers all continue to use Level(3) services, as do five of the top six U.S. Internet Service Providers, and nine out of ten of the largest European telecom carriers. The company operates a 22,500 mile broadband fiber optic network in 72 US markets and 20 European markets.

The Savvis IP network spans 110 cities in 45 countries, encompassing the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Europe, The Middle East, Asia and The Pacific Rim. Known as The Network that Powers Wall Street, more than 4,700 financial institutions, including 75 of the top 100 worldwide banks and 45 of the Top 50 brokerage firms, connect to SAVVIS to conduct secure high-speed transmission of financial and economic data. From this heritage of providing real-time applications management for the world's most demanding customers, Savvis now has over 70% of its customer base comprised of non-financial enterprises and 50% of the Fortune 500. Savvis' network reliability was declared "perfect" in Network World magazine's groundbreaking study of backbone performance. Savvis has recently purchased the US assets of Cable & Wireless making them one of the largest US carriers and is continuing its record of fast and extremely reliable service.