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-Baher<BR>
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Dears,<BR>
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GREAT news<FONT COLOR="#1F497D">!!<BR>
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</FONT>We have successfully completed setting up and activating the <B><U>1st DNS Root Server in Saudi Arabia</U></B>.<BR>
This is HUGE as it adds many operational benefits to Sahara Net and its customers.<BR>
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</FONT>The benefits are:<BR>
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1. Faster DNS looks up to our customers.<BR>
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2. This means faster Internet experience overall.<BR>
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3. Better stability in the long run in using the Internet from Sahara Net.<BR>
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4. High availability<FONT COLOR="#1F497D">.</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#1F497D">W</FONT>hen submarine cables are cut, the DNS service continues to work normally.<BR>
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In general the highest things we need to highlight are:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><FONT FACE="Symbol">· </FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">Sahara Net signed agreement with ICANN to host this server in Sahara Net Data Center in Saudi Arabia.<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Symbol">· </FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">This is the 1st ROOT DNS Server in Saudi.<FONT COLOR="#1F497D"> Map of servers shown below highlighting our server in Dammam:<BR>
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</FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Symbol">· </FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">Improves overall Internet stability and uptime to Sahara Net users.<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Symbol">· </FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">Improves Internet usage in Saudi Arabia, it’s a free service from Sahara Net to community in Saudi Arabia.<BR>
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For those who don't know, DNS servers basically control all Internet operations by converting names to IP addresses. All operations are done mainly on the IP address level.<BR>
Therefore, if DNS does not work or is unreachable, problems start to occur such as "page can’t be displayed" errors and others during browsing.<BR>
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DNS servers lookup details of domains through main servers around the world called "ROOT SERVERS". There are 13 main root servers. These main root servers are replicated across the world to provide better uptime, redundancy and distribute the load. Today, one of these replicas is in Saudi Arabia for the 1st time and hosted in Sahara Net Data Center in Dammam.<BR>
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Kindly spread the word among customers, friends and other interested parties!<BR>
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</FONT>Regards..<BR>
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<IMG src="cid:3368435777_22684420" > <<a href="mailto:kais@sahara.com">mailto:kais@sahara.com</a>> <BR>
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