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Other Hosting Companies |
THE CLAIM |
Multiple physical connections to major internet backbone carriers or
tier-1 ISP via:
• SingTel (Global)
• Starhub (Singapore)
• NTT (Japan, USA)
• PCCW (Hong Kong, China)
• Deutsche Telekom AG (Europe)
• Hurricane Electric (US)
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Single physical connection to one internet backbone carrier only. It claim to be multi-homed as the backbone carrier are surely connected to other providers at some point. It remains a single point of failure.
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THE NETWORK CONNECTION |
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WHAT IT'S CALLED |
Multi-homed Network |
Single-homed Network
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WHY IT MATTERS |
Single Point of Failure.
On a single-homed network, if something goes wrong and the internet service provider connection shuts down, all of
the connections related to it will go down with it.
On a multi-homed network however, a failure on one end can easily be fixed because the traffic will automatically be
re-routed into the other available networks it is directly connected to. |
WHAT TO ASK |
Is your network multi-homed and physically connected to a tier-1 ISP carrier?
• Purpose: A company can claim to be multi-homed by having a network with an upstream provider that has the actual
physical connection to tier 1 ISP carriers, but on their own does not have that connection.
Do you have more than 2 tier-1 ISP carriers?
• Purpose: to see companies that only have 2 physical connections to tier-1 ISP carriers (dual-homed networks) that refer
to themselves as multi-homed.
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HOW CAN I CHECK FOR MYSELF |
HostSG (SG.GS) - AS24482
http://bgp.he.net/AS24482
http://bgp.he.net/AS24482#_graph4
Searching the Network of Companies:
http://bgp.he.net/
- Search the Company Name to see AS Number & Network Connection
- AS Numbers are only assigned to companies with more than 1 tier-1 ISP carrier
http://www.robtex.com/
- You can also input the AS number of the Company here for more information |
The network quantity means how many paths your data can use to reach the vast amount of potential clients and
viewers across the internet.
The network quality means how fast the data gets to your potential clients and viewers across the internet in view
considering the potential traffic.
Overall the network quantity and quality is essential in getting your brand reach as widely and as robustly as possible. |
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How varied and how wide-reaching is your host provider's network? |