Hurricane Electric Continues Its Network Expansion in Canada With New Point-of-Presence at Cologix in Montreal
Expansion Provides Peering Opportunities With Over Seventy Carriers
MONTREAL–(Marketwire – Aug 28, 2012) – Hurricane Electric, the world’s largest IPv6-native Internet backbone, announced today that it has established a point-of-presence (PoP) at Cologix’s Montreal facility (formerly Canix 3) located at 1250 Rene Levesque West, Montreal, Canada.
The new PoP will allow carriers at Cologix’s Montreal facility to exchange IP traffic and “peer” directly with Hurricane Electric’s expanding global network. The new PoP will expand access to Hurricane’s next-generation Internet and IPv6 systems and services through 10GE (10 gigabit Ethernet), GigE (1 gigabit Ethernet) and100BaseT network connections.
Hurricane Electric’s new PoP in Montreal continues Hurricane Electric’s rapid expansion in Canada and follows Hurricane Electric’s April announcement of a new PoP at Cologix’s Vancouver facility.
