Meet Me in Dallas

Part of a series of articles published in FATPIPE magazine from 2003-2005 examining carrier interconnection options in major North American cities. This article was published in the September 2003 issue. To download the complete series as one consolidated PDF (2.7 MB), click here.

It has been said that everything is big in Texas. Well, the carrier-interconnect market there is no exception. Dallas is one of the best interconnect markets in North America with many East/West routes as well as Mexican in- and outbound voice and data traffic. For years, the two sites that have always come up in interconnect conversations have been 2323 Bryan Street, also known as Univision Tower, and InfoMart.

Looking beyond the buildings themselves, there are two well-known interconnect points within them. LayerOne at 2323 Bryan St. and Collocation Solutions at InfoMart. Whether you are an enterprise or carrier network operator, if you are currently looking for interconnection options in Dallas, these are the sites you should consider.

Collocation Solutions

Collocation Solutions allows its customers to self-manage their own data center within the space, allowing them to layer their own policies and procedures over the infrastructure provided. For enterprise customers with their own IT staff, this is extremely appealing. Their sites can be primary sites, mirrored hot sites or even have some equipment in a stand-by mode in a typical disaster-recovery model. Because of Collocation Solutions' data center construction expertise, they can accommodate larger square footage with build-to-suit solutions.

Collocation Solutions' Dallas site has succeeded by creating a history of satisfied customers. As the first customers moved into the site in the summer of 2001, when it opened, they were made to feel important and as if the business they ran from the site was important. Consequently, they treat the facility as "their" data center and are happy to provide glowing references to prospective new customers.

For more information, contact Jeff Crawford of Collocation Solutions at (214) 231-0162 ext. 20 or [email protected].*

LayerOne

LayerOne boasts the most telecom rich interconnect/data center in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. It does not cater to one type of customer and is successful in the carrier-to-carrier wholesale interconnect business as well as data and telecom collocation. Carriers benefit from the interconnect services by improving provisioning time frames while decreasing costs to stitch networks together. Smaller providers and enterprise business customers take advantage of the dense provider list, buying the services they need to create their product offerings. They can order local and long distance voice, IP services, private line, ATM, etc. from several on-net carriers. This creates a competitive environment, which allow customers to buy services for less.

LayerOne has succeeded in Dallas by offering the highest number of on-net carriers at one location. This, coupled with their highly redundant facility, makes for a very attractive offering. Their expertise in network transport and carrier relationships helps both the customer and carrier realize very fast turn-up cycles.

For more information, contact LayerOne at (214) 752-6204 or [email protected].*

At the time of this writing, Hunter Newby was Chief Strategy Officer of TELx.

* Contact information from original 2003 publication may no longer be current.

Originally published in FATPIPE magazine, September 2003.

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