EQIX news with Earthlink..
Monday May 6, 8:12 am Eastern Time
Press Release
SOURCE: Equinix, Inc. Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet
EarthLink Partners With Equinix for Efficient Network Traffic Exchange
Agreement Enables Leading ISP to Enhance Performance and Reduce Costs for Strategic Peering
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 2002-- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq:EQIX - news), the leading provider of core Internet exchange services, and EarthLink, Inc. (Nasdaq:ELNK - news), a leading ISP, today announced that EarthLink has selected the Equinix GigE Exchange(TM) service to improve performance and reduce costs for its core network operations and strategic network interconnection with bandwidth providers, backbone networks and large content providers. EarthLink will initially leverage the aggregation of networks participating in Equinix's Internet Business Exchange(TM) (IBX®) centers located in the Washington, D.C. and Dallas metropolitan areas, with possible expansion to additional locations nationwide.
By architecting its strategic network interconnection and peering over the Equinix GigE Exchange service, EarthLink can quickly and efficiently grow its operations with greater flexibility through direct and scalable interconnection, significantly reducing congestion and bottlenecks to growth. Through a single connection to Equinix's central switching fabric in each IBX center, EarthLink can quickly and easily establish a network presence to efficiently and cost-effectively leverage the aggregation of Internet companies operating within Equinix Internet hubs. Equinix Gig Exchange facilitates direct network traffic exchange between EarthLink and its strategic network partners to greatly improve the speed and reliability of traffic exchange, resulting in a more robust experience for EarthLink customers.
Additionally, EarthLink will reduce the costs of establishing connections to its important network partners in multiple locations. Peering over Equinix GigE Exchange allows a more direct route to end-users by eliminating intermediate network backbones, thus dramatically reducing costs while improving service quality.
"Participation at Equinix IBX centers is an important component of EarthLink's overall peering strategy," said Kevin Brand, vice president of network services at EarthLink. "It will allow us to achieve significant savings by careful selection of the most cost-effective peering methods and locations. Next-generation peering centers, such as these Equinix centers, have reached the necessary critical mass of participants for this to be an excellent choice when considering both performance and cost."
"Equinix has re-architected the infrastructure of peering relationships -- how Internet service providers, networks and content providers interconnect in order to exchange data traffic, such as email and web content, between their networks," said Peter Van Camp, chairman and CEO of Equinix. "Equinix's Internet hubs are the only places where leading ISPs, such as EarthLink, can directly access the largest concentration of networks and content providers within the same location. By operating within this network and content-rich environment, EarthLink can reduce the cost and performance degradation associated with linking to its critical content and network peering partners in multiple locations and over long distances."
About EarthLink
EarthLink brings the magic of the Internet to approximately 4.9 million subscribers every day. Headquartered in Atlanta, EarthLink provides a full range of innovative access, hosting and e-commerce solutions to thousands of communities over a nationwide network of dial-up points of presence, as well as high-speed access and wireless technologies. EarthLink is committed to doing an exceptional job of pleasing its subscribers, shareholders and the community by following the company's Core Values and Beliefs. Information about EarthLink services is available by calling 800/395-8425 and through EarthLink's Web site at www.earthlink.net.
About Equinix
Equinix is the leading provider of core Internet exchange services that allow networks, Internet infrastructure companies, enterprises and content providers to grow, manage and control their network and Internet operations for unparalleled performance. Through the company's seven Internet Business Exchange(TM) (IBX®) centers, customers can directly interconnect with the providers that serve more than 90% of the world's Internet networks and users for their critical peering, transit and traffic exchange requirements. These interconnection points facilitate the highest performance and growth of the Internet by serving as neutral and open marketplaces for Internet infrastructure services, allowing customers to expand their businesses while reducing costs.
Customers include Associated Press, AT&T, Cable& Wireless, Charles Schwab, Earthlink, EDS, EYT, Genuity, Google, IBM, Level3, MSN, Qwest, UUNET/WorldCom, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, and Yahoo!. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.equinix.com.
Equinix and IBX are registered trademarks of Equinix, Inc. Internet Business Exchange and Equinix GigE Exchange are trademarks of Equinix, Inc.
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from expectations discussed in such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the challenges of operating IBX centers and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix services; competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business from our key customers and other risks described from time to time in Equinix's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see Equinix's recent quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which are available upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.
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Contact:
Equinix, Inc.
Maureen O'Brien, 650/316-6043
mobrien@equinix.com
or
K/F Communications, Inc.
David Fonkalsrud, 415/255-6506
dave@kfcomm.com
or
EarthLink, Inc.
Brian Kovalesky, 626/351-7316
briankov@corp.earthlink.net
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