Private tunnel usage to create wide area network backbone over the internet

An apparatus, comprising:

• circuitry to receive inbound traffic;
• circuitry to sort the inbound traffic into first and second groups dependent on whether a destination address of the inbound traffic matches a destination associated with a predetermined private tunnel;
• circuitry to route the first group of traffic over at least one first route reserved for the predetermined private tunnel;
• and
• circuitry to route the second group of traffic over at least one second route;
• wherein the at least one second route is to be exclusive to the at least one first route and the predetermined private tunnel.

An apparatus comprising instructions stored on non-transitory machine-readable media, the instructions when executed to cause at least one processor of a computer to:

• receive inbound traffic and sort the inbound traffic into first and second groups dependent on whether a destination address of the inbound traffic matches a destination associated with a predetermined private tunnel;
• route the first group of traffic over at least one first route reserved for the predetermined private tunnel;
• and
• route the second group of traffic over at least one second route;
• wherein the at least one second route is to be exclusive to the at least one first route and the predetermined private tunnel.

An apparatus, comprising:

• means for receiving inbound traffic and for sorting the inbound traffic into first and second groups dependent on whether a destination address of the inbound traffic matches a destination associated with a predetermined private tunnel;
• means for routing the first group of traffic over at least one first route reserved for the predetermined private tunnel;
• and
• means for routing the second group of traffic over at least one second route;
• wherein the at least one second route is to be exclusive to the at least one first route and the predetermined private tunnel.