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• Route Control Technology

Online Gaming: Keeping Users Connected - And Loyal

For millions of online gaming aficionados the key is staying connected to the game, where for hours they can play in real-time with gamers from around the globe. This dynamic and competitive interaction requires freedom from the latency, jitter and packet loss that-individually and collectively-erode the quality of the user experience. 

Unfortunately, the standard Internet protocol, Border Gateway Protocol (BCP), determines traffic routing based upon the shortest path and overlooks many hazards of the Internet-such as traffic jams, brownouts and network outages-that are lethal to a fluid online gaming experience. And for companies that support 'massive multiplayer online role-playing games' (MMORPGs), the ability to keep tens of thousands of gamers connected without interruption is business-critical. Internap offers intelligent route control technologies that continuously monitor and reroute Internet traffic based upon metrics that matter most to businesses-such as cost efficiencies, shortest time or other performance criteria-and do an 'end run' around the limitations of the BGP.