Dato: Monday, 13. September, 2010

Companies in Denmark and Germany can now link up directly to the world's biggest Internet hub, AMS-IX in Amsterdam. GlobalConnect is the first telecommunications provider in Denmark capable of supplying customers with a direct AMS-IX connection enabling IT and Internet companies to exchange traffic directly with 360 of the world's biggest telecommunications and Internet service providers. GlobalConnect expects the service to be available in October.

Peering agreements with the biggest companies

The idea is simple: Through an Ethernet-port at GlobalConnect premises in Taastrup, Kolding, or Hamburg you get direct, high-speed transmission access to the AMS-IX hub, after which you are free to enter into peering agreements with the approximately 360 companies represented on AMS-IX. And there are lots of benefits of such a scheme, says product manager at GlobalConnect, Torben Brieghel Jensen.

- First of all you can save money by not having to pay for IP Transit services, which are normally billed by data volume. The exchange of data through peering is normally free. You can also expect a higher quality on Internet connections to the big service providers on AMS-IX because your Internet traffic will pass through fewer network hubs when you're exchanging traffic directly, says Torben Brieghel Jensen.

A socket in the wall

The new solution - which will be offered on the name Direct AMS-IX Port - will be ready for delivery in the form of a 1 Gbps port. Existing customers without installed equipment in one of GlobalConnects data centres in Taastrup, Kolding, or Hamburg can choose to combine the Direct AMS-IX Port service with a transmission link to their premises running on GlobalConnects fibre network.