![]() ![]() Use Submit It!, the leader in Web site marketing services, to promote your Web site on the Internet.Our network offers complete T3 access feeding directly into four redundant T3 backbones plus a number of T1 feeds into Chicago NAP. This provides a direct connection to over 50 communications providers at speeds ranging from T3/DS3 to OC12. ![]() The regional networks and tributaries of the major commercial networks intersect at four main network access points (NAPs) near New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, and San Francisco. In general, the NAPs interconnect with each other and with major cities that feed into them with T-3 lines. Locations with less traffic are connected with T-1 lines. MCI includes a large ATM network with OC-3 lines. The Chicago NAP provides high speed and high degrees of scalability. For example, connectivity to the NAP can be made in speeds ranging from T3/DS3 to OC12 and the network can support hundreds of ISPs at these speeds. The Chicago NAP has been operational for almost four years and continues to grow. The operations record is excellent and the performance realized by attached ISPs is exceptional. Some providers connecting and exchanging traffic (peering) at Chicago NAP are AT&T, MCI, CompuServe, Netcom, Digex, and Sprint. We use the U.S. English "Kbps" as the abbreviation for "thousands of bits per second." In international English outside the U.S., the equivalent usage is "kbits s-1." In it's most basic terms "Kbps" is equal to a thousand bits per second. "Mbps" is equal to a million bits per second.
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