AboveNet Communications Inc. - ABOV- Profile

AboveNet Communications Inc. provides high performance, managed co-location and internet connectivity solutions for electronic commerce and other mission-critical internet operations. The company's network architecture and extensive peering relationships reduces the number of network connections or "hops" for data travelling across the internet. AboveNet's proprietary ASAP software monitors all of the company's direct and indirect network connections for latency and packet loss and enhances performance by dynamically rerouting traffic and by avoiding congested points. The company also provides its customers with sophisticated monitoring, reporting and management tools that can be remotely accessed by the customer to control its internet operations.