MySpace Taps Level 3 for High Speed Service

By Michelle Pasquerello

TMCnet Associate Editor

 

Social networking giant MySpace recently tapped Level 3 to support its services and demand for increased bandwidth. The multi-year agreement provides Level 3’s High Speed IP Service, helping to maintain MySpace’s many features including blogs, user profiles, groups, photos, video uploading and downloading and internal e-mail.

 

"We are excited to be working with MySpace to support their high capacity needs and their delivery of video services," said Brady Rafuse, president of Content Markets for Level 3 in a statement. "MySpace is a clear leader in delivering content for online social networking, and this agreement underscores the growth we are seeing in demand for our services in this important segment."

 

"We selected Level 3 because of the proven performance of its network and Level 3’s ability to support increasing high bandwidth demand," added Aber Whitcomb, chief technology officer of MySpace.

 

Level 3 made headlines earlier this month as it completed the acquisition of Looking Glass Networks, Inc., a privately held facilities-based provider of metropolitan transport services. The acquisition was considered a new milestone for Level 3 by offering more capabilities to expand into other markets.

 

Level 3 provides a variety of services over its broadband fiber optic network including Internet Protocol (IP) services, broadband transport and infrastructure services, colocation services, voice services and voice over IP services.