Hurricane Electric is the first carrier to peer at 200 IXPs
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Hurricane Electric earlier announced it is now in over 200 Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) across the world, making it the first carrier to do so.
According to Mike Leber, President of Hurricane Electric: “It’s exciting to reach this milestone, ensuring that we have as much local connectivity as possible in each geographic market that we are present in. Continuing to connect to more locations will provide our customers and others with fewer hops, reduced latency, and greater throughput.”
HE is active on IXPs across Africa in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Nairobi, and Djibouti.
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