Backbone Directory: Global Crossing

Global Crossing's fiber optic network covers more than 100,000 route miles worldwide.

by Jeff Goldman [March 1, 2006]

Global Crossing was founded in 1997, and now boasts a customer base that includes more than 35 percent of Fortune 500 companies, as well as over 700 carriers, mobile operators and ISPs.	Current Network Map

The company's global network was designed for the convergence of voice, video and data, and delivers services to the top commercial centers around the planet.

In January of 2002, Global Crossing filed for bankruptcy protection. The company emerged from bankruptcy just under two years later, in December of 2003—at the time, company CEO John Legere said, "Global Crossing today emerges with an unmatched asset: an IP-based network reaching more than 500 major commercial centers around the world."

Global Crossing's IP-based MPLS fiber optic network now covers more than 100,000 route miles, reaching six continents, 60 countries and more than 600 major cities. The company's single AS Number ensures the maximum possible routing efficiency in the network.

The network supports access speeds from E1/T1 to STM-16/OC-48/GiG-E and reaches 100 percent of the Internet, carrying over 120 GB of Internet traffic:

• Over 160 GB of peering capacity
• Over 170 private peering interconnections
• Nine public peering interfaces

The company's IP Services include a range of connection, service and billing options. Fast provisioning is a key focus of the network, requiring 15 days to provision most Internet access ports, Private Lines or IP VPN services.

VoIP is now a key feature of Global Crossing's portfolio. The company's VoIP Services support multiple CODECs, access options, signaling protocols and new voice offerings. Global Crossing currently carries over 2 billion VoIP minutes per month.

Global Crossing's uCommand online account management portal allows clients to manage services through real-time access to the company's service delivery and customer assurance platforms.

IP Transit Specifications:

• OC-48/STM-16 and OC-192/STM-64 directly deployed utilizing dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM)
• Full-pipe, tiered and burstable service options
• T1/E1 to Gigabit-per-second (Gbps) speeds
• Resilient and self-healing bi-directional network architecture
• Global deployment of MPLS-te (Multi-Protocol Label Switching—traffic engineering) on the IP backbone provides maximum traffic management capabilities and a more reliable network
• Fully redundant hubs with multiple data paths, multiple power supplies and redundant power feeds
• IP Network backbone engineered to 50 percent of capacity to enable complete failover to alternate paths
• Tiered service option provides rapid upward scalability while sustaining cost control; burstable service option provides scalable bandwidth "on-demand"
• Fully optical network enables additional capacity to be lit as needed to meet growing customer demands

Corporate Contact Info:

	Executive:	John Legere, CEO
	Headquarters:	Wessex House, 45 Reid St, Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda
	Office Locations:	http://www.globalcrossing.com/xml/global/ gl_com_locations.xml
	Voice:	+441-296- 8600
	Toll Free:	800-466-4600
	E-mail:	iccc@gblx.net
	Support:	800-800-1170 or support@globalcrossing.net
	Spam/Abuse:	abuse@gblx.net
	Security Issues:	security@gblx.net
	Web Contact Form:	http://www.globalcrossing.com/jsp/global/ contact_us.jsp?inquiry=2
	Network FAQs:	http://www.globalcrossing.com/xml/network/ net_ip_per_faq.xml
	Looking Glass:	http://www.globalcrossing.com/xml/network/ net_ip_per_lgu.xml
	Network:	http://www.globalcrossing.com/xml/network/ net_ip_per_current.xml
	Newsroom:	http://www.globalcrossing.com/xml/news/index.xml
	Financial:	NSD: GLBC
	Investor Relations:	http://www.globalcrossing.com/xml/investors/index.xml

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