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At Atlantic Metro Communications we share the feeling that we’re all in this together. The principals of AMC also own a few other businesses, one of which, Metro Xchanges, an Illinois based non-profit, is giving back to the Internet community we helped co-create by operating Chicago’s only non-profit Internet eXchange Point (IXP); ChIX. Today we announce, in a joint partnership with Tiscali International Network for an additional offering to allow more community members to interconnect to ChIX. Tiscali operates one of the largest international IP and MPLS network and has leveraged their position in the business world to allow remote peering participants to connect to the ChIX.

Listed below is the official press release on this great new offering by Tiscali and Metro Xchanges/ChIX!

TISCALI INTERNATIONAL’S (TINet) WORLD-CLASS REMOTE PEERING SOLUTIONS PROVIDE NETWORKS ACCESS TO THE CHICAGO IX (ChIX)

Milan, Italy and Chicago, IL USA, September 23, 2008:  Tiscali International Network (TINet), the world’s only carrier exclusively dedicated to the wholesale IP-MPLS market, and The Chicago IX (ChIX), the first non-profit Internet Exchange platform operating in Chicago, Illinois, today announced that TINet’s Remote Peering solutions are now available to the ChIX member community.  This groundbreaking peering arrangement will open up TINet’s Remote Peering Solutions to an anxious new market segment and further solidify the Chicago IX’s role as a key Internet exchange Point in the Mid-West.

TINet’s Remote Peering product offer customers a variety of choices that include point-to-point and point-to-multipoint solutions as well as dedicated bandwidth and bandwidth on-demand options.  These IP ‘flavours’ are specifically engineered to be optimized over TINet’s global MPLS network where latency is guaranteed and Class of Service (CoS) is monitored and enforced through their world-class 24×7 pro-active monitoring and help desk.

The ChIX, a non-profit platform, is a unique service model.  ChIX is managed and delivered by some of the leading minds in the industry and provides the IP community with a network neutral platform focused on providing quality of service while simultaneously focused on creating a community that works together.

“TINet is an ideal partner who brings a valuable product and solution to the ChIX community,” commented James Cornman, Chief Technical Officer of Metro Xchanges, the managing company of the ChIX.  “To enable fast, simple, Ethernet connectivity to a global leader providing quality MPLS solutions is a value add, not only to members of the ChIX, but any network provider looking to enter the Chicago market.”

“The ChIX offers TINet a unique experience to offer our quality class of service, products and solutions to a sophisticated market-place,” added Paolo Gambini, CMO of Tiscali International Network.  “We see this as an opportunity to expand our reach, while participating in ground-breaking chance to be part of a growing community.”

The ChIX platform was made possible by donations from Atlantic Metro Communications, Steadfast Networks, Bit Gravity, Townsend Asset Group, James Cornman and Stephen Klenert.  The platform is located at 350 East Cermak Road, Suite 240 in Chicago, Illinois.

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About Metro Xchanges
Metro Xchanges is a non-profit organization that operates public Internet exchange points.  The company launched the first non-profit exchange point the ChIX in January 2008 and has had positive response in the marketplace.  The company was formed on the basis that it will serve the community as a non-profit neutral platform focused on providing quality of service while dedicated in creating a community that is focused on working together.

For more information on ChIX, please visit www.chicagoix.net.

About Tiscali International Network (TINet)
Tiscali International Network (TINet) – the carrier arm of Tiscali Group – is a pure play carrier business delivering International Wholesale Products to Carriers and Service Providers worldwide. As a specialist player exclusively focusing on wholesale customers, TINet has engineered its network and its organisation to deliver the best service experience to its Service Providers customer base.
TINet IP/MPLS backbone counts 90 POPs and extends over 16 European countries and across the United States, Canada, as well as Singapore and Hong Kong. Its Autonomous Systems (AS3257) in only 5 years has grown up to become a core ASN in the global Internet routing table as well as the largest IPv6 backbone outside Asia. TINet has been one of the very first companies worldwide to have a “next generation Internet” multi-service network in actual production that implements a full suite of service-enabling protocols such as MPLS, CoS, IPv6 and Multicasting.

For more information on TINet, please visit www.tiscali.net.

For Tiscali media inquiries, please contact:

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Jaymie Scotto
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Atlantic Metro LABS SIP to TDM muxing service is now supporting over 768 Ports of capacity to Enterprise, VoIP Providers, and calling card companies.

We plan to graduate SIP to TDM muxing service from our LABS services offerings shortly. Below is a usage monitoring graph from just 1 of our TDM gateways located in NYC.

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Atlantic Metro Communications plans on rolling our SIP to TDM services across all of its Internet Data Center locations (New York, Chicago and Los Angeles)

Please contact sales_at_atlanticmetro.net if you are interested in this type of service.

Atlantic Metro Communications is hiring! The following positions are available immediately.

Account Representative

Candidate will be responsible for finding new leads, managing leads that are distributed to you, meeting with clients for data center tours or simple face to face meetings to discuss potential sales opportunities. Ideal candidate would have in-depth knowledge of the ISP/Hosting business including Colocation terminology, bandwidth billing models, metro transport and fiber-optic terminology. Position is base + commission. Sky is the limit.

NOC Technician

Candidate will be responsible for installation and cabling of customer and Atlantic Metro internal servers and networking equipment as well as fielding support requests and monitoring network systems. Ideal candidate would have installation and low-medium level troubleshooting of Linux/FreeBSD/Windows including modifying IP configurations, starting/stopping services, handling software firewalls and RAID arrays as well as ethernet cabling/crimping. Candidate would also be responsible for running ethernet/fiber-optic cross-connects and must be willing work 1 weekend day and be on-call one week a month. Can you multitask? Do you consider yourself a self-starter? Can you lift a 50lb box or server? Overtime is available but not required.

2 Positions available

Please visit our Employment page for more details.

The increased functionality of VoIP over traditional phone systems is well-known, and with companies dedicating themselves exclusively to improving IP telephony call quality, more and more businesses are moving away from legacy systems.

Yet for some enterprises, such as calling card companies or wholesale voice providers, who own legacy equipment that keeps their costs low, only an affordable SIP-to-TDM platform makes business sense, experts say.

One company that offers a full suite of voice services, including that critical platform, is newly formed Atlantic Metro Communications, a Manhattan-based group led by Chief Executive Officer Stephen M. Klenert and Chief Technical Officer James H. Cornman.

According to Klenert, many enterprise companies have legacy PBXs which only support T1s.

Read the full article here: http://small-business-voip.tmcnet.com/topics/smb-voip/articles/39156-alantic-metro-communications-offers-creative-managed-voip-services.htm
Columnist: Columnist: http://www.tmcnet.com/tmcnet/columnists/columnist.aspx?id=100145&nm=Michael%20Dinan

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We thank every one of our clients for your continued support.