Equinix Builds Momentum for its GigE ISP Exchange

Equinix has passed the 100th customer mark for its Equinix GigE Exchange service, which facilitates ISP and content data traffic exchange, or “peering,” amongst Equinix customers. Over the past 12 months, the service has experienced customer growth of nearly 200 percent and a 30 times increase in traffic volume. In addition to Equinix’s New York IBX centers, Equinix GigE Exchange is currently available in Equinix’s U.S. IBX centers located in the greater Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, and Silicon Valley areas, and in Equinix’s Asian IBX centers in Sydney, Australia and Tokyo, Japan. Key customers include SBC Internet Services, Yipes Communications, ICG Communications, Net Access Corp., Yahoo!, Google, MSN, Cox Communications, British Telecom, Japan Telecom, Telefonica, Electronic Arts, Sony Online, Time Warner and Verio.
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