Hurricane Electric Announces its Fifth New York Location with New Point of Presence at Telx

Third PoP this month for leading global Internet backbone will give customers of Telx’s 8^th Avenue Data Center access to leading global IP network

NEW YORK & FREMONT, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hurricane Electric, the world’s largest IPv6-native Internet backbone and a leading colocation provider, today announced its fifth Point-of-Presence (PoP) in New York at Telx’s data center located at 111 8^th Avenue, New York, NY.

“This new PoP strengthens Hurricane Electric’s commitment to New York and the entire Tri-State area, and will provide increased bandwidth and global network connectivity options for customers in Telx’s 111 8th Ave data center.”

The new PoP will provide high speed IPv4 and IPv6 Internet connectivity through Hurricane Electric’s global IP network with 100GE (100 gigabit Ethernet), 10GE (10 gigabit Ethernet), GigE (1 gigabit Ethernet) and 100Base-T network connections. The connectivity options will provide Telx customers with reduced latency and router hops, as well improved fault tolerance.

“Hurricane Electric is thrilled to complete its fifth PoP in New York and continue its longstanding partnership with Telx,” said Mike Leber, President, Hurricane Electric. “This new PoP strengthens Hurricane Electric’s commitment to New York and the entire Tri-State area, and will provide increased bandwidth and global network connectivity options for customers in Telx’s 111 8^th Ave data center.”

Read the full press release at Business Wire.