Case Study: Boston Athletic Association achieves reliable race-day uptime and faster performance with EarthLink Business

Boston Marathon Keeps Pace with RecordSetting Web Traffic

Boston Athletic Association, the organizer of the Boston Marathon, needed a highly reliable IT and web infrastructure to handle race-day planning and the huge surge in online traffic from runners, media, and spectators. For an event where uptime is critical, the B.A.A. turned to EarthLink Business for secure website hosting and network connectivity.

EarthLink Business hosted the B.A.A.’s website in a secure Marlborough data center and provided a 20MB private network with MPLS for voice, data, and internet traffic. The result was rock-solid uptime for up to 1 million visitors and 12 million page views on race day, plus faster application performance, reduced delays and jitter, and improved staff communications during the marathon.

Boston Athletic Association

T.K. Skenderian

Marketing and Sponsorship Manager, Boston Athletic Association