Acceleration operates its own regional ATM backbone that spans the Southeastern United States. Points of presence include Miami, Orlando, and Gainesville, Florida and Atlanta and Marietta, Georgia. The Acceleration broadband network extends nationally via its numerous ATM and TDM interconnections with ILEC, CLEC, fiber provider, and national broadband operators, making Acceleration one of only a few US Internet and data transport providers that can service nearly any market on its own IP network and do so cost effectively using combinations of ADSL, SDSL, T1, Metro Ethernet or just about any inexpensive last-mile technology.
Probably the most unique aspect of Acceleration is the scale of our broadband service. In 1999 and 2000, when many Internet providers the firmre rushing to build their DSL networks and get any product to market as quickly as possible, it became clear to us that nearly every regional or national DSL player was choosing ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) as the underlaying transport technology. The firm already understood the advantages of ATM technology and realized that it could be used to build advanced private network solutions for businesses with many locations at costs that would be a fraction of what frame relay or point-to-point longhaul T1 services cost.
The firm expanded the Acceleration ATM network with interconnections to just about every local phone company and national broadband operator that had ATM interconnection as an option, creating one of the largest layer 2 ATM interconnected networks in existence that provides access to nearly every city in the country with some type of broadband connection. The firm might be using an Embarq ADSL in Florida, an AT&T ADSL in Atlanta, a One Communication MVL in Pittsburgh, a New Edge SDSL in Omaha, or a Covad T1 in San Francisco. All of these locations are on the same layer 2 network that is managed by a single entity who can provide many flexible configurations to suit any client's IP needs. It is very much like making the client its own ISP that is directly connected to all of these ATM and broadband networks.
