ISLE OF MAN INTERNET COST AND CONNECTIVITY IMPROVED
22 January 2010
Home to some of the biggest companies in the
industry, the enhancements by Manx Telecom make sense
One of the attractions for online gambling companies
locating operations on the Isle of Man, situated between
England and Ireland, has traditionally been the
favourable technical infrastructure, and Manx Telecom
has announced further improvements to this service in
terms of both connectivity and cost.
The telecoms
firm, which is part of the Telefónica Group of
companies, recently made a major strategic investment
strengthening the telecoms links between the Isle of Man
and the rest of the world. At the same time, it has cut
bandwidth costs across the board on its off-Island
Ethernet and Internet Protocol solutions.
The
company has invested in quadruple connections from the
Island, via four separate undersea fibre optic circuits,
which connect through the UK and Ireland into the main
international data hubs.
The new circuit
capacity signals the importance of telecommunications to
the Island’s economy, and highlights the Isle of Man’s
growing global reputation as a location for eBusiness in
general and eGaming in particular.
Manx Telecom
has had a long involvement with blue chip operators in
the eGaming sector. Recently, PokerStars (a client of
Manx Telecom) hosted the world’s largest online poker
tournament from Manx Telecom’s Isle of Man Data Centre,
which saw 149 196 players simultaneously competing
online for a top prize of $50 000. The tournament, which
took place over six hours, set a new Guinness World
Record, with PokerStars seeing a total of 444 037
simultaneous players online at one time – a massive
number for what is a highly interactive site.
Gary Hill, Head of Network and Data Centre Operations at
PokerStars, commented, “To maintain our competitive
advantage, and to run record breaking events of this
nature, requires real commitment and a strong
partnership with your connectivity and data centre
solutions provider.
"I’m very glad to say it
continues to be our strategy to work with Manx Telecom
to ensure that the Isle of Man is best serviced with a
diverse range of multi-gigabit connectivity solutions
and purpose built world class data centres.
"Players increasingly only want to deal with reputable
established companies in well regulated jurisdictions,
and being based in the Isle of Man, regulated by Isle of
Man Gambling Supervision Commission and supported by
Manx Telecom, PokerStars is ideally placed to continue
its exponential growth and keep breaking records for the
foreseeable future”.
According to Manx Telecom,
the reduction in bandwidth costs across the board is
likely to make the Isle of Man an even more attractive
location for eGaming companies.
Online Casino News Courtesy of
Infopowa
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