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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2000
Christopher D. Wheeler, Seattle, WA (US);
Ophir Ronen, Seattle, WA (US);
Benjamin J. Black, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Mcmillin, Seattle, WA (US);
John Carlson, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher D. Wheeler, Seattle, WA (US);
Ophir Ronen, Seattle, WA (US);
Benjamin J. Black, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael McMillin, Seattle, WA (US);
John Carlson, Seattle, WA (US);
Internap Network Services Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A Private Network Access Point (PNAP) packet switched network is provided where two customers connected to the same PNAP exchange traffic through the PNAP without transiting over the backbones of the Internet. In addition, a multi-homed customer connected to the PNAP is provided with access to the PNAP optimized routing table so that the customer will also have the ability to know the best route for a particular destination. In this way, if a multi-homed customer connected to a particular National Service Provider (NSP) to which a destination is also connected, the PNAP customer can use the PNAP information regarding the NSP to send the information to the destination through that commonly connected NSP in the most direct fashion.