(COMTEX) B: UK LINX Internet Peering Point Hits 1Gbps 09/30/99
B: UK LINX Internet Peering Point Hits 1Gbps 09/30/99
LONDON, ENGLAND, 1999 SEP 30 (Newsbytes) -- By Sylvia Dennis,
Newsbytes. The London InterNet eXchange (LINX) has announced that its
Internet peering point, handling traffic between, to, and from, UK
Internet service providers (ISPs), has hit one gigabit per second
(Gbps) for the first time. The bandwidth milestone, the not-for-profit
firm says, means that LINX is now in the top five of Internet exchanges
around the world. A year ago, LINX says, its traffic volume was
peaking at 180 megabits- per-second (Mbps). This week's 1Gbps
throughput is a 450 percent increase on that figure. Keith Mitchell,
the firm's chairman, said that the 1Gbps throughput on LINX confirms
the switching point's position of being number one in Europe as regards
Internet exchange traffic. "We still have new members joining all the
time," he said, adding that the throughput has been made possible by
LINX's move to a Gigabit Ethernet architecture last year. "It's been a
busy year and we have had to move swiftly at LINX to employ more staff
and to find larger premises to ensure the company can continue to grow
and develop," he said. Mitchell added that, during the past year, LINX
has taken on 32 new members, a mixture of Internet service providers
and telcos, and several more will be announced before the end of this
year. LINX's Web site is at linx.org . Reported by
Newsbytes.com, newsbytes.com . 13:16 CST (19990930/Press
Contact: Eileen Gallagher, Harvard PR +44-181-759- 0005; LINX
+44-1733-705000/WIRES TELECOM, ONLINE, BUSINESS/)
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