Home Technology and Equipment Hometown Computing uses only the most reliable equipment available to deliver internet access. Servers Hometown Computing has a network of over a dozen Dell and Compaq servers to facilitate internet services. These servers include Dell Poweredge 6100 Enterprise servers, Compaq Proliant 2500 and Compaq Proliant 850R servers. Our web servers run on Microsoft Windows2000. Routers Hometown Computing uses exclusively Cisco routers for backbone connections.
Cisco routers are by far the most widely used routers on the internet.
Customer leased line connections are handled using Ascend routers. Remote Access Servers Hometown Computing operates over 20 remote access servers from Cisco and Ascend to terminate analog and ISDN dial-up calls. Backbone Hometown Computing has three full-speed backbone connections to three different internet providers. With high-speed T1 connections to Sprint, Uunet, and Global Crossing, Hometown Computing customers are always just a few hops from anywhere on the net.