Hurricane Electric Expands Network Connectivity at The Pittock Internet Exchange

Adoption of next-generation Internet Protocol, IPv6, drives network growth

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Hurricane Electric, the world’s largest IPv6-native Internet backbone and a leading colocation provider, today announced that it has established a point-of-presence (PoP) within the The Pittock Internet Exchange.

“Hurricane Electric’s new point-of-presence will give users of Pittock’s facility the ability to access directly Hurricane Electric’s unsurpassed connectivity solutions to meet the most demanding of transit needs,” said Martin Levy, Hurricane Electric’s Director of IPv6 Strategy. “Over the next couple of months, Hurricane Electric will continue to establish PoPs throughout Asia, Europe and the United States.”

In addition to access to Hurricane’s Electric’s vast network, Hurricane offers enterprises free IPv6 certification and tunnel broker service.

Hurricane Electric first deployed IPv6 on its global backbone in 2001. Hurricane Electric’s global Internet backbone is one of the few that is IPv6-native and does not rely on internal tunnels for its IPv6 connectivity. IPv6 is offered as a core service and every customer is provided IPv6 connectivity, as well as classic IPv4 connectivity. Hurricane Electric connects to more than 900 associated IPv6 backbones.

Hurricane Electric offers IPv4 and IPv6 transit solutions over the same connection, at speeds up to 10 Gbps or more. With its own global network, the company has 45 major exchange points with connectivity to more than 1,500 different networks. Employing resilient fiber topology, Hurricane Electric has at least four redundant paths crossing North America, two separate paths between the U.S. and Europe, and rings in Europe and Asia.

About Hurricane Electric

Hurricane Electric is a leading Internet backbone and colocation provider. Hurricane Electric operates its own global IPv4 and IPv6 network and owns several data centers in Fremont, California, running multiple N-by-10 Gbps links throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Founded by Mike Leber in his garage in 1994, Hurricane Electric now operates the largest IPv6 Internet backbone in the world as measured by the number of networks connected. For additional information on Hurricane Electric, please visit http://he.net.

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