AboveNet has placed its routers in Equinix and Telehouse2 in Paris, Equinix2 and Interxion5 in Frankfurt and adding devices in NIKHEF and Telecity1 in Amsterdam.
The company’s European IP transit network upgrade coincides with the deployment of the new Juniper MX960 and core T640 routers in the US earlier in 2008. It claims that its European backbone offers a fully resilient network for customers to take IP transit and IP or Ethernet VPN services. The Juniper’s MX960s are 40G ready with each device capable of supporting 960 Gbps of capacity.
These efforts, combined with last year’s London T640 core router upgrade, mean AboveNet customers can now benefit from an all-Juniper backbone network, comprising one of the industry’s largest capacity ethernet platforms.
Steve Potts, sales engineering and networks director at AboveNet, said: With the world’s growing demand for quality IP connectivity and the increasing uptake of ethernet VPN services, we have made this investment for the long term benefit of our customers.
AboveNet provides fiber optic connectivity solutions for business and carriers. Its private optical network delivers key network and IP services in and among top U.S. metro markets and London. AboveNet’s network is used in markets such as financial services, media, health care, retail and government.
