PSINet HK Boosts Network Backbone with a New T3 to Europe

Hong Kong April 5, 2000 – PSINet Hong Kong Limited, The Internet Super Carrier, announced that a new T3 has been deployed to link Hong Kong to the United Kingdom. Armed with this additional T3 to Europe, together with the existing one to the US, PSINet is the only ISP in Hong Kong with direct T3 ATM transatlantic and transpacific connection to Europe and the US respectively - the International backbone of PSINet Hong Kong has been greatly strengthened.

Nowadays more and more businesses are going international and seeking advantages from the Internet for business growth. To meet the increasing demand on Internet bandwidth, this newly deployed T3, a 45 megabits per second link, can further enhance customers ’ worldwide traffic by offering fast and direct connections to the European Continent. The expanded network capacity, which enhances network redundancy by this direct link to Europe without routing through the US, allows speedy, flexible and secure network connection. Together with the existing T3 to the US, T1 to Korea and two E1 to Japan, users can be benefited and supported by a true “ Network of network ” .

The growth of Internet applications undoubtedly speeds up the development and deployment of Intranet. With PSINet ’ s broadened network, international companies employing Intranet can also be greatly benefited - instead of having numerous individual traffic to other countries, subsidiaries can deploy their Intranet by leveraging on PSINet ’ s global network infrastructure. Convenient, flexible and speedy access can then be achieved.

Over the past few years, the Hong Kong economy has undergone dramatic changes. Along with the increasing importance and dominance of Information Technologies in the society, soaring number of Internet Service Providers, Application Service Providers and all the “ dot com ” companies, are seen everywhere and have become part of every person ’ s life. All of which need a strong and reliable global ISP to support their mission-critical web businesses. Aligning with PSINet ’ s mission in giving strongest support with the highest quality network and facilities, this new T3 definitely marks another milestone in its network infrastructure and further enhances its position as an Internet Super Carrier.

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