Q9 Networks

[Christopher Browne]

On 11/21/06, William O'Higgins Witteman <william.ohiggins-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 01:19:23PM -0500, Byron Sonne wrote:
> >
> >In a forum I hang out on, a company called Q9 networks (q9.com) was
> >mentioned. Allegedly 6 years old.
>
> That sounds about right.  I knew the guy who helped them get set up, and
> he talked about establishing their name and first data centre in the
> fall of 2000.  He was proud of them name, coming from the phrase "four
> nines" of uptime.
>
> >Is anyone familiar with them? Are they a 'new' company or did they arise
> >out of the remainder of an old one, or a merger & aquisition, etc?
>
> I know a few people who have used them for high-availability websites -
> they spoke of a space with intense physical security.  As I
> understand it, they have a high-bandwidth non-Bell trunk directly to
> Chicago, giving them one of the truly redundant connections in Toronto.
> This may be a myth, however - I have no firsthand knowledge.

We've got some systems there, and that sounds pretty much like how things are.

I'm not cleared to go in, so I haven't firsthand knowledge, but the
notion that they offer high availability capabilities and heavy
security is consistent with what we were interested in.
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