The Planet Provides Direct Connections for GameRail

HOUSTON -- The Planet, now the world’s largest privately held dedicated hosting company, today announced it has completed a direct connection with GameRail, a facilities-based network operator that works exclusively in the online gaming community.  Through this new relationship, GameRail subscribers will now have direct access to all game servers on The Planet’s network and across its six world-class data centers in Houston and Dallas.

The Planet is widely recognized as a first choice for major game server hosts and online game players.  With the new connection, GameRail subscribers will be able to bypass the congested and high-latency Internet with a private line straight to their desired game server at The Planet.

“The Planet has always been a destination for competitive online league gaming events,” said The Planet’s Vice President of Technology Will Charnock.  “With this peering connection, GameRail is able to extend the reach of our customers to additional cities with a hyper-competitive, low latency and smooth connection to the online gamer.”

“With the addition of The Planet to our network, our subscribers will see a substantial increase in the desired content titles and game play environments they prefer,” said GameRail’s Vice President of Business Development John Alden.  “The Planet’s powerful network performance and reliability provide optimum connections for serious online gamers.”

Online multiplayer computer gaming is one of the fastest growing entertainment activities in the U.S., with more than 40 million people now playing regularly. GameRail recently introduced the first and only network designed to meet the speed and quality needs of the online gaming community. GameRail’s bypass network delivers a “direct-connect” from the game player to the game host, and avoids the congestion and inefficient routing paths of the regular Internet.

About GameRail

Progression LLC, a Missouri LLC, dba GameRail, (www.gamerail.com ) is a facilities-based network operator that is dedicated to delivering superior performance to the online gaming community. GameRail directly connects game players with broadband to their favorite game hosts and vice versa, thereby eliminating game play degrading high latency hops on the Internet. GameRail has interconnection facilities in eight major US markets including Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, Seattle and St. Louis.

About The Planet

The Planet is the leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting more than 22,000 small- and medium-size businesses and 2.8 million Web sites worldwide.  By offering the best choice of servers, software tools and world-class support, backed by state-of-the-art facilities and unmatched network connectivity, The Planet helps turn information technology into a powerful competitive advantage that enables customers to successfully grow their businesses.  For additional information, visit www.theplanet.com.