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AFRICA INX offers:
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An easy and inexpensive way to peer with any SA based ISP
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Un-contended local Internet transit at low cost
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Increments of 2Mbps
for easy scalability
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Easy access to
independent hosting
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Access to dark fibre
and metro fibre
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Access to all undersea
cable infrastructure
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Fully managed network
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Easy access to close
proximity fibre nodes in JHB, Durban and CPT
AFRICAINX offers a
small range of wholesale services to the South African ISP
community. These include the following:
Metro Ethernet Fibre Access
The first and foremost level of access into the AFRICAINX network
is a port into its Metro Fibre ring wherever the ISP is located.
Metro Ethernet is new to the SA market and its high cost remains a
barrier to entry. The AFRICAINX approach is to provide multiple
points of connection in key business locations across the Gauteng
and Cape Town regions to start such that the ISP only needs to
purchase a short and hence less expensive fibre link or fibre spur.
Once connected with a high speed port to the network, the ISP can
access multiple services down this single connection. This could be
taking any of the services listed below including international
bandwidth, local transit, peering with other ISP or at JINX or just
using the ring as a low cost transmission core to get to their
customers or peering partners. Although bandwidth in the core ring
will be “multiplexed” over any multiple of 10GE rings, it will not
be contended and AFRICAINX ensures a high level of quality,
redundancy and committed bandwidth service.
Fibre Exchange
AFRICAINX has also established a fibre exchange programme so that
fibre from its ISP customers can be shared with others and hence
increase the ring, creating many more points of connection with
resulting lowered costs.
International Internet
/ IP transit
Low cost but quality committed Internet bandwidth into the global
Internet, provided over multiple undersea cables (e.g. SAT-3 and
Seacom), across a highly redundant and reliable network.
Local
Internet / IP transit
For those ISPs who don't have their own ASN or those that don't have
the BGP skills or very low volumes, we provide a low cost IP transit
service which will give customers full access to all other ISPs in
South Africa.
International Internet peering and LINX
For those ISPs who wish to establish their own direct IP transit
into the global Internet, un-contended sub-rated bandwidth (over an
MPLS backbone) is provided and the ISP can host their own router in
London and connect to the IP transit partners of its choice.
Local Internet peering, JINX and CINX
With a metro fibre ring backbone in Johannesburg any ISP connecting
to this ring will be free to establish its own direct peering (BGP)
with any other ISP also connected to the backbone. This will work
like any other Internet Exchange and only a port fee will be
charged.
Local NNI (Network to Network Interface) or interconnect
Due to the fact that a large base of ISP clients terminate onto a
single core network, it is thus easier for these ISPs to establish
NNI (Network to Network Interfaces) between themselves and hence buy
and share services.
International NNI (Network to Network Interface) or interconnect
The AFRICAINX network terminates in London at one or more major telehousing facilities where most of the large global and regional
carriers have a presence. The company acts as a catalyst to connect
customers to these international networks and establish NNIs for
MPLS to MPLS connections enabling ISPs to provide VPN services
globally.
ADSL
– wholesale IP Connect
In order to provide broadband services over Telkom's ADSL links,
ISPs need to establish an interconnect between their networks and
Telkom's ADSL (ATM) network. This is done through the IP Connect
product. To reduce the barriers to entry as the smallest increment
is 140Mbps (ATM link interfaces) with very expensive equipment costs
and special technical skills, AFRICAINX sells access to the
Telkom network over a shared (but not contended) IP Connect link and
customers can purchase this bandwidth in 2Mbps increments. This
enables smaller ISPs to develop their own broadband products rather
than being relegated to reselling another ISP's Internet services.
MPLS Access
The AFRICAINX network is a state of the art network based on
Juniper equipment and a core MPLS layer to ensure quality of
service. Service providers requiring wholesale MPLS services will
also be able to use this network to establish their own MPLS service
offering. The current network nodes are based in Gauteng and Cape
Town, but will be rolled out to other region like Durban, Port
Elizabeth and many other regions based on demand in the specific
area.
Hosting
One of the AFRICAINX Gauteng based nodes is hosted at Teraco's
new Isando facility (available in March 2010) and one of the
company's Cape Town based nodes is hosted in Teraco's Newlands
facility. The Metro Ethernet Fibre ring thus provides access to
these facilities individually. Teraco is South Africa's first
independent telehousing facility and AFRICAINX has a strong
presence at these facilities.
Additional Services.
For further information please contact us
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