Our Network

Level 3 - was recently named as the #1 IP transit provider in both North America and Europe by Renesys Corp, an independent research firm. Level(3) operates one of the world's largest, newest and most advanced Tier 1 telecommunications networks. The network spans 23,000 intercity route miles and serves the worlds 10 largest phone companies, 10 largest Internet service providers, and 6 largest cable providers. They were also ranked in the top 10 globally for Asia-Pacific connectivity by Renesys and are currently ranked #1 in the world by CAIDA.

Sprint - operates one of the world's largest Tier 1 IP networks - connecting over 25% of the world's Internet traffic. The Sprint IP backbone has more Autonomous System network connections than any other, with high-speed links that operate up to OC-192 / STM-64 - the fastest speeds available over IP today. Sprint was recently ranked the #1 IP transit provider in Asia, #2 in Europe, and #4 in North America by Renesys Corp, an independent research firm. Sprint's IP network is second highest ranked network in CAIDA's ranking of Autonomous Systems in the entire world.

Savvis - operates a global Tier 1 network that spans 105 cities in 47 countries, encompassing the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Europe, The Middle East, Asia and the Pacific Rim. Savvis network reliability was declared 'Perfect' in Network World magazine's study of ISP backbone performance achieving a 100-percent uptime rating and theoretical minimum rates for a beam of light traveling cross-country. Known as the 'The Network that Powers Wall Street' Savvis provides network services to over 4,500 financial institutions including 75 of the top 100 banks in the world and 45 of the top 50 brokerage firms in the United States. Savvis was recently ranked in the top 10 for Global IP Transit, North American Transit, and Asia-Pacific transit.

NTT Communications - operates a high quality Tier 1 IP backbone with direct connection to major ISPs in Asia, the U.S., Europe and Oceania. The network currently boasts the industry's largest dedicated Internet bandwidth of 185Gbps between Japan and U.S and 65Gbps to the Asia-Pacific region to provide end users with fast Internet connections globally. The network currently operates with 4.3Tbps total backbone capacity, and 705Gbps peering capacity. NTT was recently rated in the Top 5 for Global IP Transit and Asia-Pacific Transit.

Cogent Communications - is a multinational, Tier 1 facilities-based ISP, operating one of the largest capacity IP networks in existence. Cogent now carries 17% of all Internet traffic with presences in over 110 markets throughout North America and Europe. With a currently implemented capacity of 80-240 Gbit/s, Cogent's international IP network is the largest in the world and is scalable to a total capacity of over one Terabit. Cogent is ranked among the top five networks in the world. Cogent is currently ranked #3 by CAIDA.

Our Datacenter

All of Channel Islands Web Hosting servers are housed in private datacenter space in the newly renovated 427 LaSalle data center facility located adjacent to the Chicago Board of Trade in downtown Chicago. The building is one of Chicago's preeminent carrier hotels with excellent options for metro and global connectivity.

Chicago is one of the most connected cities in the world, and it's central location makes it the optimum location for serving Internet content. Chicago serves as one of North America's largest Internet hubs and is home to every major network provider. Most of the fiber optics that connect the East and West coasts of the United States run through Chicago and this yields low latency to both coasts as well as to Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.

Chicago was recently rated the greenest city in the US for datacenter locations. A recent study showed Chicago was much more energy efficient and produced only a small fraction of carbon emissions than other datacenter locations. Chicago was also recently ranked one of the safest cities in the United States with a very low risk for natural disasters ahead of other cities in Texas, California, Florida and the East Coast - all of which have a much greater risk for hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and floods than Chicago.

Datacenter Statistics

• SAS 70 Certified Datacenter
• 3 3000 Amp, 480 Volt, 3 phase power feeds from multiple sub-stations
• 3 2 MegaWatt (MW) Electrical Generators
• 4 500 KVA UPS systems
• 4 300 Ton Chillers
• Automatic logic monitoring of all critical equipment
• 24x7 Security Staffing and CCTV Surveillance
• Biometric Scanners for Datacenter Access
• Mantraps and Optical Turnstiles at entrance