The Network

Global Network

• Verizon owns and operates one of the most expansive IP backbone networks in the world.
• Verizon has over 7,000 self-healing SONET fiber-optic rings. This advanced network architecture senses a break in the fiber "ring" and automatically re-routes voice and data calls in the opposite direction, so customers served by that ring don't ever know there's any network damage.
• The Verizon Business global network includes more than 485,000 route miles, including terrestrial and undersea cable, spanning six continents and access to another 187,000 route miles from Verizon Telecom.
• Verizon Business provides voice, data and Internet services on its state-of-the-art fiber-optic network, reaching customers in more than 2,700 cities and 150 countries.
• The Verizon network is large enough to circle the world 18 times.
• With more than 1 terabit of aggregated backbone capacity in North America, the Verizon network carries data traffic up to 40 Gbps in the United States and 2.5 Gbps in Europe.

Speeds

• The Verizon network operates at speeds up to OC-192, the fastest available.
• Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) is deployed on the OC-192/OC-48 North American and European IP backbone networks to improve traffic engineering and management.

Network Operations Centers

• Verizon Business has five major global Network Operations Centers in the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Data Centers

• Verizon Business supports more than 200 data centers, including managed hosting and colocation centers, around the world.

Security Operations Centers

• Verizon Business offers continuous security monitoring and management in five SOCs globally.

IP Leadership

• TeleGeography ranks Verizon Business's global IP network No. 1 as most-connected public Internet backbone network for the ninth consecutive year, based on Autonomous System connections. (September 2007) This enables its business customers and ISPs to reach more destinations directly through its global IP backbone than any other carrier.
• Verizon Business has a rich heritage developing the commercial Internet.

Customer Base

• Verizon Business provides communications services for tens of thousands of businesses and government agencies around the globe.
• Verizon Business manages more than 4,000 networks in 142 countries and territories, which includes overseeing non-Verizon Business connections from more than 60 network providers globally.
• Verizon Business has a history of service and innovation in network management, exemplified by numerous awards and its patent-pending IMPACT Rapid Fault Isolation capabilities.