Performance IP
As the provider of our Internet routing services, Internap routes traffic across not one, not two, but six independent Tier-1 backbone providers.
Internap monitors the performance of each backbone, routing your traffic across the best path. Known as Performance IP Routing, this service provides faster and more reliable content and data delivery than traditional routing methods.
It’s a bulletproof approach addressing deficiencies inherent in Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). Since we’re always using the fastest, most reliable path, Internap outperforms any single high-speed Internet access provider.
Accelerated IP (XIP)
When Transport Control Protocol (TCP) was introduced nearly 40 years ago, the protocol was designed to facilitate reliable communication between two hosts. Today’s networks operate at much higher speeds and regularly span much larger distances between the application origin and end-users, exposing a number of shortcomings inherent in TCP.
Accelerated IP, or XIP™, is Internap’s solution to the weaknesses of TCP. XIP addresses these TCP-related issues through its unique ability to:
- Increase the ramp-up speed of transmission
- Fully utilize available bandwidth regardless of network latency
- Improve transmission recovery following packet loss
Through XIP, services and applications can improve performance by up to 400%! Don’t just take our word for it. Give it a try and see for yourself — XIP comes standard with all of our hosting offerings.
