The TexasNAP® Network

The TexasNAP acts as a private, secure business-to-business network allowing Data Foundry customers to connect to each other without traversing the Internet. Additionally, the Internet "connects to" the TexasNAP providing the fastest possible connectivity. Our TexasNAP hubs consist of state-of-the-art equipment ensuring the highest levels of redundancy, network performance, reliability and scalability.

With over 1,000 companies on the TexasNAP, the odds are that you are doing business with at least one of them. Join the TexasNAP and experience the lightning-fast speed, security and consistent reliability that comes from business-to-business network connections that don't traverse the public Internet.

Dozens of Global Internet Backbones and Local Fiber networks connect directly to the TexasNAP, thus the Internet "connects to" the TexasNAP. Currently, the TexasNAP facilities can provision capacity up to the equivalent of forty OC-192 connections (10Gbps).

Data Foundry was one of the first ISPs in the country to introduce Border Gateway Protocol (BGP4) routing into its network. BGP4 "looks" down one of the many paths to the Internet and sends traffic over the fastest path. In short, you can be assured your data will traverse the fastest path across the Internet.

The TexasNAP provides fully redundant Internet connectivity providing customers the reliability, scalability and uptime they require. At least six of the world's largest Internet Backbones connect directly and to the TexasNAP, we raise the bar on acceptable performance with a 100% network headroom policy. This means we provision additional backbone and intra-network capacity when we reach 50% utilization. Further, our 24x7 Network Operations Center constantly monitors the TexasNAP and the more than 1,000 connections to it ensuring utilization and throughput thresholds are not exceeded.

Also, up to eight redundant, high-capacity fiber networks per market connect directly to the TexasNAP, bringing the Internet directly to Data Foundry customers. Further, our network architecture eliminates single points of failure and results in our ability to guarantee 100% network uptime.

Lastly, the TexasNAP infrastructure is designed with redundantly configured edge routers and customer access routers. Our network is constructed with Cisco® 12000 series routers and Cisco 6500 series switches. These routers leverage state-of-the-art silicon and software technologies (including redundant backplane and processor technology) resulting in unparalleled service quality and continuous uptime. For customer access from outside the data center we utilize Cisco 7500 series routers, also best in their class.