Hurricane Electric Expands Internet Connection Point to Amsterdam

Hurricane Electric (www.he.net), a Technical Service Provider, announced today that it has expanded its global network by connecting to an Internet Exchange point in Amsterdam called AMS-IX (The Amsterdam Internet Exchange), one of Europe's largest Internet exchange points.

"We are excited about the expansion to Amsterdam because it will give us even better performance in Europe and over our entire global network," said Mike Leber, Hurricane Electric president.

Hurricane Electric's node in the NIKHEF facility in Amsterdam is connected by OC48 to the rest of Hurricane Electric's global OC48 backbone, ranked among the top in the world.

The newly added exchange point will provide additional redundancy to Hurricane Electric's global network and create shorter packet routes to numerous other networks. Hurricane Electric employs a Gigabit Ethernet port to the AMS-IX switch, which gives it the ability to peer with hundreds of additional networks, institutions and companies throughout Europe.

The Amsterdam connection follows an upgrade to the LINX exchange at Telehouse London. Hurricane Electric currently employs two Gigabit Ethernet ports to the LINX exchange.

Hurricane Electric is now offering direct connections in Amsterdam. To celebrate the addition of the AMS-IX exchange point, Hurricane Electric is extending two special "Hello Amsterdam" offers.