Steadfast. Keeping you connected.

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Providing Reliable Service.
If you are looking for not only network reliability, but a whole
company you can depend on, Steadfast Networks does it all.

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Our Network

Our high-performance, fully redundant network.

GigE Lines on Juniper Our network utilizes routing and switching products from Juniper Networks and Cisco Systems, the leaders in the industry. We utilize Juniper M20 and M10 routers as border routers, Cisco 6509 (SUP720) switches as our distribution switches, and Cisco 2950/2960 switches in our aggregation/customer layer. Additional network equipment includes an InterNAP FCP to optimize network routing and performance and DDoS mitigation hardware on each of our incoming carriers, allowing us to mitigate multi-gigabit DoS/DDoS attacks. In addition, 10 Gigabit Ethernet is used at the core of the network to reduce the risks of internal congestion due to DDoS attacks and to maintain optimal flexibility.

Our network is fully meshed, using BGP, and redundant with a wide selection of backbone providers, including Level(3), Savvis, AT&T, MCI/Verizon Business, XO, TeliaSonera, nLayer, and supplemented by local peering. We took care in choosing our carriers; our research showed them to be some of the fastest and most reliable networks available. Not only are the providers redundant, but their entry paths are redundant as well. Some carriers are brought into the network at Equinix and carried down three floors to our data center over redundant 10 Gigabit Ethernet lines while several pairs of fiber also conect us to provider in the building Meet-Me Room (MMR). In the building there is also fiber from dozens of other companies such as Global Crossing, Abovenet, Qwest, and Sprint and easy access to the Equinix peering fabric as well as the Chicago Internet Exchange.

We also provide two separate network levels, our Performance Network and our Standard Network. These networks are geared towards different needs and have different benefits. Simply check out our Networks Defined page for the differences between these various networks or utilize our looking glass to see the routing differences.

Internal Network

Backbone Carriers

Level(3)

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.

Savvis

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.

AT&T

For more than 125 years, AT&T has been known for unparalleled quality and reliability in communications. Backed by the research and development capabilities of AT&T Labs, their commitment to innovation has made them a global leader in local, long distance, Internet, and transaction-based voice and data services. With a large number of end-users, via Comcast and Charter, a connection to AT&T is required for optimal performance to these end users.

MCI/Verizon Business

The second largest telecommunications provider in the world, behind AT&T, giving us direct connectivity to millions of individuals and businesses.

XO

XO is the largest and possibly most recognized CLEC in the country. This involves providing voice, data and IP services to businesses and other telecommunications companies in 75 metropolitan markets across the United States while operating an OC-192 nationwide IP network with over 18,000 inter-city route miles.

TeliaSonera

TeliaSonera is the leading Nordic and Baltic telecommunications group which was established in 2002, as the result of a merger between the Swedish and Finnish telecommunications companies, Telia and Sonera. Both companies have more than a century of experience in the telecommunications industry. TeliaSonera operates in more than 20 countries in Europe and in the U.S. and Russia with more than 24,800 wholly-owned global network route miles.