France IX Launches its Reseller Program
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 4:35:01 AM
France IX Launches its Reseller Program
PARIS, February 16, 2012/PRNewswire/ --
France IX, the federating internet exchange point (IXP) in France, launches
its reseller agreement offer, primarily designed to meet operators' needs in the peering
market.
This new service is mainly dedicated to the operators and the transit providers (the
latter not connected to the French IXP yet), enabling them to deliver access to France IX
to its own customers and thus maximize this as a global point to point connectivity offer.
Franck Simon, Managing Director at France IX Services, explains: "Nowadays, the
success of an IXP depends on its capacity to develop innovative services in accordance
with the surrounding market. By giving the partners of the IXP the opportunity to resell
France IX access to their customers, we are matching a need not addressed until now."
The reseller agreement is currently available on 3 out of 9 France IX points of
presence: Interxion 5 and Telehouse 2 in Paris and SFR NetCenter in Marseille. France IX
is looking at the technical solutions to expand this offer to other already deployed POPs.
"France IX disposes of capacity between Paris and Marseille. However the role of
France IX as an internet exchange point is not to provide unlimited transport between
these two distant cities but to ease the access to the IXP and to other connected members.
This is important in respecting the internet ecosystem in France ," Franck Simon adds.
When a member connected in Marseille needs to exchange more than 100 Mbps with one or
several members connected in Paris, a remote connection brought by a reseller becomes a
good choice.
The agreement allows the reseller to have a port that can be divided into several
virtual networks (VLANs), from 200 Mbps to 2Gbps, for each customer. Every entity
connected through the reseller retains control of its peering and routing policy and
becomes a France IX member. Only the transport and the connection are operated by the
reseller.
Neo Telecoms, an infrastructure operator specializing in dark fibers solutions and IP
transit, shares its vision as France IX's first reseller: "We want to help our customers
build a BGP platform, exchange their data flow through our partnership with France IX and
prepare them to become autonomous. Therefore, we advise them on their choice of equipment
and their connection to the infrastructure," Yohan Oddoz, Sales Director at Neo Telecom,
comments.
As any France IX connected parties, resellers' customers must own an autonomous system
number. They also benefit from an equal vote during general meetings.
About France-IX
France IX is the latest generation IXP based in France which offers Unicast and
Multicast IPv4/IPv6 public peering, private peering (Closed User Groups), routes servers
and a reseller program through various connection ports: 100 Mbps copper, 200Mbpbs (copper
or optical), 1000 Mbps copper, 1 Gbps SX or LX, 2 Gbps and 10 Gbps LR. For further
information, visit the website http://www.franceix.net or contact
info@franceix.net.
Source: France IX
Solène SOUQUET, solene@franceix.net, Tél: +33(0)1-70-61-97-72
PARIS, February 16, 2012/PRNewswire/ --
France IX, the federating internet exchange point (IXP) in France, launches
its reseller agreement offer, primarily designed to meet operators' needs in the peering
market.
This new service is mainly dedicated to the operators and the transit providers (the
latter not connected to the French IXP yet), enabling them to deliver access to France IX
to its own customers and thus maximize this as a global point to point connectivity offer.
Franck Simon, Managing Director at France IX Services, explains: "Nowadays, the
success of an IXP depends on its capacity to develop innovative services in accordance
with the surrounding market. By giving the partners of the IXP the opportunity to resell
France IX access to their customers, we are matching a need not addressed until now."
The reseller agreement is currently available on 3 out of 9 France IX points of
presence: Interxion 5 and Telehouse 2 in Paris and SFR NetCenter in Marseille. France IX
is looking at the technical solutions to expand this offer to other already deployed POPs.
"France IX disposes of capacity between Paris and Marseille. However the role of
France IX as an internet exchange point is not to provide unlimited transport between
these two distant cities but to ease the access to the IXP and to other connected members.
This is important in respecting the internet ecosystem in France ," Franck Simon adds.
When a member connected in Marseille needs to exchange more than 100 Mbps with one or
several members connected in Paris, a remote connection brought by a reseller becomes a
good choice.
The agreement allows the reseller to have a port that can be divided into several
virtual networks (VLANs), from 200 Mbps to 2Gbps, for each customer. Every entity
connected through the reseller retains control of its peering and routing policy and
becomes a France IX member. Only the transport and the connection are operated by the
reseller.
Neo Telecoms, an infrastructure operator specializing in dark fibers solutions and IP
transit, shares its vision as France IX's first reseller: "We want to help our customers
build a BGP platform, exchange their data flow through our partnership with France IX and
prepare them to become autonomous. Therefore, we advise them on their choice of equipment
and their connection to the infrastructure," Yohan Oddoz, Sales Director at Neo Telecom,
comments.
As any France IX connected parties, resellers' customers must own an autonomous system
number. They also benefit from an equal vote during general meetings.
About France-IX
France IX is the latest generation IXP based in France which offers Unicast and
Multicast IPv4/IPv6 public peering, private peering (Closed User Groups), routes servers
and a reseller program through various connection ports: 100 Mbps copper, 200Mbpbs (copper
or optical), 1000 Mbps copper, 1 Gbps SX or LX, 2 Gbps and 10 Gbps LR. For further
information, visit the website http://www.franceix.net or contact
info@franceix.net.
Source: France IX
Solène SOUQUET, solene@franceix.net, Tél: +33(0)1-70-61-97-72