One probe can lie.
Quorum cannot.
Vekta Gateway Monitor deploys geographically distributed, ASN-diverse probes across Canada to eliminate false positives and deliver a single, independently verified verdict on internet availability.
Distributed probe network · Quorum logic · ASN diversity
3/3 probes
Quorum reached
The problem
Single-source monitoring cannot be trusted.
When your monitoring depends on one probe, one location, or one network path, you are not monitoring the internet — you are monitoring a single, fragile vantage point.
False Positive Storms
A single probe drops connectivity. Your alerting fires. Your team scrambles. Your ISP insists the network is healthy — and they're right. The probe was the problem, not the internet.
No Proof, No Case
An outage occurs. Your customer loses business. They blame you. Without independent, multi-path, timestamped evidence, you cannot prove whether the failure originated in your infrastructure or your carrier's network.
Regional Blind Spots
A carrier failure in a specific ASN or geographic region affects only a segment of your customers. Your monitoring path is unaffected. The outage goes undetected until complaints arrive — minutes or hours later.
“Your monitoring tool said everything was up. Your customers said everything was down. Both were telling the truth — about different paths through a broken internet. Without quorum, you will never know which one is real.”
The architecture
Distributed truth. By design.
Every architectural decision flows from a single constraint: internet availability must be verified from multiple independent vantage points before any verdict can be reached.
Geographic Distribution
Probes are deployed across physically distinct geographic regions. A failure confined to one location cannot produce a false network-wide verdict.
ASN Diversity
Each probe operates on a different Autonomous System. This ensures path independence at the routing layer — no two probes share failure modes.
Quorum Logic
No single probe determines availability. A majority of probes must agree before a verdict is issued. Minority outliers are flagged, not discarded.
Controller Aggregation
The VGM controller collects all probe results independently, applies quorum logic, and produces a single timestamped availability verdict.
Core principle
VGM is not a monitoring tool. It is an independent internet truth engine.
How it works
From probe to verdict.
Five stages. No guesswork. Every verdict is the result of independent measurement, structured aggregation, and consensus logic.
Probe Deployment
Probes are positioned across Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto — each on a distinct Autonomous System. No two probes share a routing path or ISP relationship.
Independent Measurement
Each probe independently measures the target with no shared infrastructure or coordinated measurement window. True independence at the data collection layer.
Result Transmission
Each probe transmits its result to the VGM controller, including timestamp, source ASN, geographic origin, and availability determination.
Quorum Evaluation
The controller applies quorum logic across all received results. A majority consensus is required before any availability determination is made.
Verified Verdict
A single, timestamped, evidence-backed availability verdict is issued. Actionable. Defensible. Ready for SLA dispute resolution.
Final output
A single, verified verdict. Timestamped. Multi-sourced. Defensible in any SLA dispute.
Use cases
Built for accountability.
VGM is designed for organisations that sell internet access or manage connectivity on behalf of clients — and are held responsible when it fails.
CARRIER ACCOUNTABILITY
ISP Resellers
Prove carrier fault. Not yours.
The pain
Your carrier reports 99.9% uptime. Your customers report outages. Your SLA says you owe credits. You have no independent data to push back with.
VGM resolves this
VGM independently validates carrier SLA compliance using multi-path, ASN-diverse measurements. When an outage occurs, you have timestamped, multi-source evidence confirming whether the failure was carrier-side — before the dispute even starts.
- Carrier fault attribution with evidence
- Dispute resolution without guesswork
- SLA compliance documentation
- Real-time carrier degradation alerts
CLIENT ACCOUNTABILITY
Managed Service Providers
Deliver evidence, not excuses.
The pain
Internet goes down. Your client calls you. You check your infrastructure — everything is healthy. The problem is upstream. But without proof, you are the one on the hook.
VGM resolves this
VGM provides an independent, third-party perspective on internet availability that clearly separates MSP infrastructure failures from upstream ISP or carrier failures. When the ISP is at fault, your clients see the data.
- Separate your SLA from your ISP's
- Independent verification for client disputes
- Proof of upstream failure, not yours
- Multi-region visibility for distributed clients
The next outage is coming
Stop guessing.
Start proving.
When the next outage happens, a screenshot and a support ticket are not enough. You need independent, multi-source, timestamped evidence. That is what VGM delivers.
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