We are going to build a knowledge based economy and to facilitate this every citizen will have access to broadband internet. How is this really going to come about? How do people in Trinidad get online? Where do all those E-mails go once you click send?
Well I can't explain that in this small space, but I can surely tell you where it goes. Believe it or not all the E-mails you send or have sent have left our shores have been routed to a stout stoic building in the heart of downtown Miami called the Network Access Point Of the Americas.
Its name gives away its purpose. Over 90% of Latin American and Caribbean internet traffic finds its way at Terremark's facility. Terremark is a privately held IT infrastructure company which serves clients such as AT&T, Facebook, YouTube, Cable & Wireless(TSTT) and even the United States Federal Government. The NAP is purpose built facility with the sole purpose of handling and storing internet data. The building integrity is so high that 25% of their business is with the Federal Government.
The building is designed to withstand a category 5 hurricane and the 100 yr flood. From within the NAP Terremark can monitor all internet activity worldwide via large monitors in the Network Operation Centre (NOC). Talk about leveraging technology….signing out, Dwayne Pierre.
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