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"Meet me in denver" (May 2004 Fat Pipe article) Just as Denver was once a hub of activity for pioneers heading west to discover new territory, it is today considered to be a hub of technological pioneering. And when the companies at this high-tech frontier want to find the premier interconnection spot, they look to Comfluent. Comfluent is a colocation, hosting and interconnection facility located at the crossroads of telecommunications in Denver. The company is headquartered in Denver’s carrier hotel at 910 15th Street, adjacent to Denver Main, the primary entry point for the northern LATA (656) of Colorado. This location puts them in the middle of the networking world: In the middle of Denver: Carriers like Qwest, MCI, UUNet, Level 3, WilTel, ICG, and all of the local exchange carriers are tenants of the 910 15th Street building. In the middle of the Rocky Mountain Region: Comfluent has built and currently operates the only meet-me room in Colorado, acting as a tangible crossroads of telecommunication providers. In the middle of the country: The Denver location has distinct advantages for foreign customers who need to expand their network within the U.S., or domestic companies who need to strengthen their position in the Rocky Mountains. Comfluent is less than 30 milliseconds from either coast, one satellite bounce to Europe, and one satellite bounce to Asia. Comfluent’s CEO, Alf Gardner, discovered the 910 15th Street location and its potential in 1997. “After spending 15 years in the oil and gas industry, I realized what we were sitting on here,” he explains. “It reminded me of the famous Henry Hub natural gas interchange in Erath, LA -- the delivery point for the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). I realized then that Comfluent would become the Henry Hub of the networking world.” The New Frontier Comfluent has unique insight into where things are headed. One of the hottest topics they’re working with today is Voice over IP (VoIP). “VoIP providers need access to the PSTN, big pipes to the Internet and a variety of Local Exchange Carriers,” explains Gardner. “We host the Rocky Mountain Internet eXchange (RMIX) here. It’s a neutral regional IP peering point that offers cost and latency savings, enhanced Internet performance, and exciting VoIP opportunities.” Other hot topics? Comfluent is working with an increasing number of enterprise customers to provide disaster recovery and remote data storage services. Having the ability to take advantage of a carrier-neutral facility to protect their data is key. And, the company’s Transparent Metro Ethernet Service is on the rise, as well. It’s like running a very long Ethernet cable between locations, making it truly plug and play. It’s far less expensive for customers than running traditional private lines. “The only certainty out there is that opportunities will present themselves in the coming years that will surpass our wildest dreams,” Gardner concludes. “Our location in Denver gives us – and our customers -- the chance to seize those opportunities.”
Contact information: Alf Gardner
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