Apr 10 2013
Zayo Group today announced that Hurricane Electric Internet Services, the world's largest IPv6-native internet backbone, has purchased 100G Wavelength services on Zayo's newly installed 100G routes.
Zayo's recently deployed 100G Wavelength upgraded routes include New York to Washington, D.C. and Chicago to Memphis.
Hurricane Electric is connected to 60 major exchange points and exchanges traffic directly with more than 2,700 different networks. The new 100G technology will provide a latency improvement relative to prior service applications. The new technology will reduce management need through network management requirements. Zayo's 100G technology will also create greater per Gigabit cost efficiencies relative to prior service deployments.
Zayo Group began its implementation of 100G wavelength services across major markets in the U.S. in late 2012, servicing routes along the eastern corridor including New York City, Philadelphia and Washington D.C., and a Chicago to Memphis route. Additional routes will be added later this year. The 100G system transmits information at 100 billion bits per second, offering the fastest dedicated line currently available to enterprise-level customers.
"The 100G Wavelength technology helps Hurricane Electric meet growing bandwidth needs and provides operational and cost efficiencies over previous platform options," said Mike Leber, President of Hurricane Electric. "Additionally, this fortifies our commitment to providing neutral and scalable internet connectivity with high reliability."
"Installation of our newly implemented 100G Wave system along major U.S. routes allows Zayo to leverage the latest generation technology to meet the capacity demands of customers like Hurricane Electric," says Zach Nebergall, Vice President of Waves Product Group at Zayo. "This service delivers increased capacity and cost efficiency, as well as improved latency through the latest technology."
The 100G expansion allows Zayo customers like Hurricane Electric, cost efficient, high bandwidth services between major U.S. markets. This service includes the latest "coherent optical" technology, as well as the ability to scale bandwidth capacity along these routes to 8 Terabytes.