UK's major Internet exchange cuts prices

Posted on 9 Aug 2005 at 11:07

The UK's major Internet exchange is cutting the prices that it charges ISPs, which could lead to further reductions in broadband pricing.

The London Internet Exchange (LINX) links the networks of some 180 ISPs and other organisations to each other and is reducing the cost of connecting to the 1Gbit and 10Gbit Ethernet ports on its switches by 15 per cent.

'LINX's lower pricing comes at a time when many ISPs are seeking to attract new customers through lower prices for broadband services,' said Vanessa Evans, LINX's sales and marketing manager. 'It offers them an opportunity to cut costs in an increasingly price-competitive market for end users.'

The linking of separate networks together to move traffic between them, known as peering, is a 'significant' expense for ISPs, LINX explains.

Currently the exchange handles more than 82Gbit per second at peak times, a level of data throughput that is a third higher than a year ago. This comprises more than 90 per cent of UK Internet traffic exchanged by ISPs.

Author: Simon Aughton

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