LAS VEGAS, Dec. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Las Vegas-based 1Velocity debuted this month on SpeedTest.net's list of the Top Ten Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Nevada at number one.

According to SpeedTest.net, 1Velocity has average download and upload speeds twice as fast as any other carrier in the state. 1Velocity was also rated highest by SpeedTest.net users.

Used to perform over one million tests every day, SpeedTest.net is a third-party tool provided by Ookla Net Metrics for testing Internet connection speeds and rating ISPs. Ookla is the global leader and widely recognized standard in web-based network diagnostic applications. After users test their Internet connection speed on SpeedTest.net, they are also asked to rate their ISP and can compare their results to other carriers in the area.

"In large part, our average speeds are the highest of any carrier because 1Velocity focuses exclusively on high-bandwidth customers: larger businesses, government agencies, and other telecommunications carriers," said 1Velocity CEO Mike Ballard. "Our customers are some of the largest bandwidth users in the state, and they demand big, reliable, fast connections."

1Velocity users agree. Many have chosen the Ethernet service because of its speed and reliability.

"We are highly automated and rely heavily on our network to succeed," said Russ Ketchum, Vice President of Technology of Allegiant Air. "A few of our locations didn't have fiber availability, which created a problem for us. 1Velocity was able to get us fiber-speed bandwidth to all our locations. The value for the circuits we get is better than any option available in Las Vegas. We like the fact that 1Velocity doesn't oversubscribe their backhaul circuits and their speeds are incredible."

1Velocity is taking its successful formula to Northern Nevada as well.

"We added our first customers in Reno earlier this year, and I am delighted we have already made it to the top of the SpeedTest rankings for all of Nevada," said Ballard. "And as a native Nevadan, I am especially happy to see a local Nevada company topping the national carriers."

While other carriers use a traditional landline infrastructure, 1Velocity built its own metro-area network ring using licensed millimeter-wave wireless fiber. Previously used in missile-guidance systems, millimeter-wave signals are the width of a pencil and transmit at higher frequencies than microwave with bandwidth capacities over 500X that of a T1. 1Velocity provides private Ethernet connections between customer locations and out to the Internet for businesses, governments, and other telecom carriers. This year, the company began providing service between Las Vegas and Reno.

About 1Velocity

1Velocity provides Ethernet private lines and Internet access to businesses and governments in Las Vegas and Reno. Whereas legacy telecommunications carriers share ground infrastructure with the local phone company, 1Velocity has pioneered the use of millimeter-wave wireless fiber to build its own entirely separate self-healing Gigabit backhaul ring on rooftops.

1Velocity delivers dedicated connections from 8 Mbps to 1 Gbps with carrier-class SLAs to locations without the cost, time, and trenching requirements of fiber. 1Velocity customers include public safety agencies, hotels, banks, airlines, municipal governments, and other telecommunications carriers. For more information about 1Velocity, please visit www.1velocity.com.

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