Internet

MCNC is one of the longest running regional network service providers in the nation. For over 35 years, MCNC’s network, NCREN, has provided its clients with full-duplex high-speed broadband Internet services. The network, NCREN, has redundant nodes and Internet transport providers distributed throughout North Carolina, delivering a highly available network experience for all its clients connected to the network, NCREN. In addition, all MCNC clients are connected to the Internet2 network, which is the nation’s premier coast-to-coast research and education network.

Broadband Internet connection options are available from 10 Mbps up to 100 Gbps, and provided over various technology options and are e-rate eligible. MCNC can provide service anywhere in the state of North Carolina, either directly by its fiber infrastructure or through collaboration with a carrier. As part of the Internet service, clients will receive at no additional cost: IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, domain name services (DNS), DDoS protection, Website Failover, and access to the Internet2 network.

MCNC’s world class NOC is centrally located in RTP – NC, providing proactive continuous monitoring of the backbone and the network connections to MCNC’s statewide network, NCREN. Each client connected to the network can call the NOC anytime of day, including holidays, for network support. In a proactive state of monitoring, the NOC will be alerted if there is a network problem, and if so, the network client will be contacted before they even notice there is a network connection problem.

World-class DDoS protection capabilities for clients connected to MCNC’s network, NCREN, is included as part of your Internet service. The backbone network traffic is monitored around the clock to detect any indicators of DDoS attacks. When an attack is detected, network traffic can be diverted into the nearest scrubbing center, where traffic can be analyzed and cleaned.

DDoS attack traffic is eliminated from the flow, allowing authentic network traffic to continue on to the targeted address. In short, the scrubbing centers remove the malicious traffic and allow the desired traffic to continue traveling to the targeted address, ensuring that business services function normally while reducing the negative impact of the DDoS attack.