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GameRail Gives Online Gamers a High-Performance Edge

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Overview Missouri-based GameRail connects more than 34 million homes in the continental United States, Alaska, and Canada through partnerships with top national and regional DSL and cable broadband providers. The company wanted to deliver a flawless online gaming experience for customers and create a private bypass network to improve performance while reducing latency inherent to the public Internet. The company deployed NetIron XMR multi-service backbone routers which power GameRail's high-performance private online gaming network.

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Publisher	Foundry Networks	File Format	PDF
Date Published	January 2008
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Switching, Software Engineering, High Performance Computing

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