Third global expansion in two months solidifies Hurricane Electric’s position as the most connected Internet backbone

May 25, 2011

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TOKYO and FREMONT, Calif. -- Hurricane Electric, the world’s largest IPv6-native Internet backbone and colocation provider, announced that it has significantly expanded its network reach in Asia with connections to the Japan Network Access Point (JPNAP) and the Japan Internet Exchange (JPIX).

Hurricane Electric’s expanded connectivity to Japanese networks provides reduced latency and improved fault tolerance, load balancing and congestion management infrastructure capabilities. The added direct connectivity paths also increase the reach of Hurricane Electric’s next-generation (IPv6) Internet infrastructure and services.

“Hurricane Electric’s connections to both JPNAP and JPIX expand our network footprint in the Asia Pacific region," said Mike Leber, President of Hurricane Electric. “With the Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC) out of conventionally allocated IPv4 addresses, these connections will allow new and existing customers in Japan to receive the IPv6 functionality they are demanding.”

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