We’re proud to announce our partnership with INX_ZA to extend the reach of the Johannesburg Internet Exchange (JINX) to our vendor-neutral, fully-redundant data centre in Samrand (Gauteng).
Hetzner’s Data Centre Park is located close to major fibre routes and telecoms infrastructure, enabling effortless interconnects, lower latencies and better performance when connecting to the Internet exchange point.
Internet users benefit from faster connections and more efficient access to online services. Network operators benefit from lower costs, resulting in more affordable bandwidth which is crucial for the development of the Internet in South Africa.
“Due to the high traffic volumes and unprecedented demand, the JINX link at Hetzner has already been upgraded to 10 Gbps within the first month. This is a resounding confirmation that the exchange point is widely accepted by the ISP community, and that alternate peering locations benefit both end-users and network operators”, says Nishal Goburdhan, INX-ZA Manager.
“We’ve always been a big supporter of open peering with other network operators which is why we’re thrilled to be part of this initiative,” explains Juan van Zyl, Hetzner’s data centre operations manager.
“Deciding on a location for server hosting or to establish a network point of presence is an important decision for colocation customers and network operators. Hosting the first JINX multi-site node reinforces Hetzner as a business enabler, offering seamless connectivity into JINX from within our Samrand Data Centre Park,” adds Van Zyl.
The extension of JINX makes it easy for Internet companies that already have infrastructure at the existing JINX location, to connect seamlessly to networks at the new locations. Peers at the new site will have the same peering experience and will be able to directly link to all existing and future JINX peers, with no additional complexity.