This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0102_01BFCEDE.1B2A93E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The word around the campfire is that there are local companies that are = working to deliver multiple Tier 1 providers through a single = connection. This provides the advantage of using multiple Tier 1 = Internet providers but only paying for one connection . These companies = are trying to reach goals that ViaWest Internet has already = accomplished. We give you access to 11 Tier 1 providers through a single = load balanced connection to the Internet. What this means to you is = improved Internet performance, reliability and scalability by = aggregating and interconnecting the major Internet backbones. Currently = we can pass traffic via direct hand off to over 93% of the Internet = world wide. This means less hops and latency from a network point of = view and happy, satisfied customers from a service point of view. Here = are the Tier 1 providers that you can have direct access to with a = single connection to us: SPRINT UUNET Cable & Wireless GTE DIGEX NETCOM PSI AT&T VERIO QWEST LEVEL 3 =20 The ViaWest Chief Network Architect, Steve Prather, will be in town = Wednesday and Thursday to answer questions and to meet with those = companies that are looking to take advantage of this opportunity. If you = are interested please contact me off list. Thanks, Damien Salazar Senior Account Executive ViaWest Internet Services (602)840-8248 Voice (602)840-5250 Fax dsalazar@viawest.net www.viawest.net "Big enough to meet your needs, small enough to care". ------=_NextPart_000_0102_01BFCEDE.1B2A93E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable