AboveNet Completes IP Backbone Upgrade Across Europe

LONDON, October 27 /PRNewswire/ --

AboveNet Communications UK Ltd., a leading provider of fibre optic and IP transit connectivity solutions, today announced its customers will now be able to enjoy a faster, higher performance IP network connection in key European cities, with AboveNet's recently upgraded network routers. To meet demands for high bandwidth IP transit and VPN services, AboveNet has recently deployed Juniper MX960s in its European network in Paris, Frankfurt and Amsterdam.

Placing its routers in Equinix and Telehouse2 in Paris, Equinix2 and Interxion5 in Frankfurt and adding devices in NIKHEF and Telecity1 in Amsterdam, AboveNet has ensured its European backbone offers a fully resilient network for customers to take IP transit and IP or Ethernet VPN services. As one of most advanced routing hardware platforms available today, the Juniper's MX960s are 40G ready with each device capable of supporting 960 Gbps of capacity. As a result, customers have access to a robust, high performance platform which has the capacity to satisfy bandwidth needs now and well into the future.

AboveNet's European IP transit network upgrade coincides with the deployment of the new Juniper MX960 and core T640 routers in the U.S. earlier this year. These efforts, combined with last year's London T640 core router upgrade, mean AboveNet customers can now benefit from an all-Juniper backbone network, comprising one of the industry's largest capacity Ethernet platforms. This technology, coupled with AboveNet's proven experience and expertise in building and operating its best-in-class IP network, allow AboveNet to deliver its customers premium quality services.

"With the world's growing demand for quality IP connectivity and the increasing uptake of Ethernet VPN services, we have made this investment for the long term benefit of our customers. Simultaneously, this demonstrates AboveNet's commitment to the ongoing development and evolution of our core network infrastructure," said Steve Potts, AboveNet's sales engineering and networks director.