VAS Deployments [246]: Allstream [Canada] Uses Arbor for DDoS Prevention Service

  

Allstream announced a ".. special offer of its Allstream Secure Internet service that will make it easy and cost-effective for customers to protect their business from a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack .. With Allstream's Secure Internet offer customers get the speed, stability and affordability of Allstream's high-performance Internet with added security protection services at prices starting at $100 per month, less than $4 per day. DDoS attacks are identified, quarantined and scrubbed before they reach a customer's network, without affecting legitimate Internet traffic. Allstream customers have the advantage of only needing to work with one supplier .. Arbor Networks and Allstream are part of the Cloud Signaling Coalition (CSC), a group set up to prevent DDoS attacks or mitigate its threat".
 
Ron Rout (pictured), VP Customer Operations, Allstream said: "We want to make it easy for Canadian businesses to defend themselves against the increasing threat of DDoS attacks - we see this as an extension of our commitment to providing quality and excellence in customer service, By providing this service through the cloud Allstream is able to offer it to a broad array of customers, from very large enterprises to smaller businesses, who will now be able to protect themselves against DDoS attacks"

Allstream is a Canadian leader in IP communications and the only national communications provider that works exclusively with business customers of all sizes. With nearly 600,000 customer connections.

See "Allstream Helps Canadian Companies Connect with Confidence by Defending Against Cyber Crime" - here.