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Internet Services

GDS' High Speed Internet is available to clients who need fast, reliable Internet backbone access at a reasonable price, and without the cost of building and managing a Tier 1 network. With many bandwidth options available along with our robust peering arrangements, GDS delivers 24x7x365 Internet access at the highest level of our clients.

  • T1 DIA delivers non-shared, non-fractional leased lines to connect you and your customers to the Internet via the GDS high-performance multi-10Gbps backbone network (speeds range from 1.544 Mbps to 6 Mbps).
  • T3 and OC-n DIA high-capacity Internet access via non-shared, non-fractional lines (speeds range from 6 Mbps to 622 Mbps).
  • Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet deliver very high speed DIA over Ethernet facilities via GDS-owned 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, 1,000 Mbps, and 10,000 Mbps Metro Ethernet assets.

As one of only a few fully peered facilities-based backbone providers in the United States, GDS has extensive private peering arrangements in many metropolitan areas at speeds of up to 10 Gigabit Ethernet.

High Speed Internet Features & Benefits

  • Ensure fast, reliable service with the GDS backbone
  • Among the best Service Level Agreements in the industry, guaranteeing uptime, latency and packet delivery
  • Easily optimize your resources by monitoring your bandwidth capacity with Web-based monitoring and reporting tools
  • Qualify customer service locations, review price quotes, verify capacity, place orders online and track order status with the secure online customer portal
  • Scale your bandwidth as your business grows, paying only for the bandwidth you need
  • Specialized routing options including Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
  • 24x7x365 network monitoring and support

IP Backbone

With the emergence of converged IP services, organizations today are demanding greater performance from their networks than ever before. That's the appeal of GDS' Network Services.  It's a network-based, MPLS-enabled Wide Area Network (WAN) solution that offers more bandwidth for the dollar, faster application deployment, lower network operating costs, and more access options than traditional WAN services. The service has been specifically engineered to meet the needs of our clients with features that include:

  • Support for multiple VPNs across the same interface port
  • Ability to establish network to network interfaces (NNI) for exchange of MPLS traffic
  • Management VPN capability to provide value-added services to end-user locations

Plus, GDS  offers competitive service Level Agreements on network availability, packet loss and latency.

Secure

  • Secure communications for multi-site networks, delivered over the GDS private, MPLS-enabled IP backbone.
  • Data is segregated from other customers, and the public internet

Intelligent

  • Routing intelligence resides in the GDS network, not in on-site customer equipment.
  • Applications prioritized for Class of Service.

Flexible

  • Scalable bandwidth options from DS1 to 10Gbps.
  • Broad range of Ethernet options from 10 to 10000 Mbps Ethernet.
  • Multiple access methods that include Frame, PPP and Ethernet.
  • Any-to-any, fully-meshed topology.

Cost Effective

  • One network platform for all application traffic.
  • Better utilization of existing bandwidth.
  • Run VoIP, Video, and content applications over the same circuits.
  • Simplified pricing structure.