[MBIX-News] MBIX expands to 360 Portage

[Jonathan Stewart]

At long last, we're ready to share with everyone:

http://www.mbix.ca/mbix-expands-to-360-portage/

MBIX expands to 360 Portage

MBIX is pleased to announce it has expanded to a third peering location at
360 Portage Avenue. This co-location facility is operated by Manitoba Hydro
Telecom (MHT), on the 24th floor of the Manitoba Hydro building.

MBIX is now able to connect members at 360 Portage, at 1G or 10G speeds,
and we eagerly await the first connection request.

This expansion is the result of months of planning, involving MOUs, fibre
splicing and testing, switch and optics purchases, and operational
migration of existing members at 294P.  Dark fibre has been donated by
LES.NET and MHT to MBIX allowing 40 Gigabit capacity between the three
sites, giving MBIX capacity to handle large increases in traffic.

While upgrading to 40G links between sites, we upgraded the equipment at
each site as we required QSFP+ ports. MBIX is operating Cisco Nexus
switches. The following table summarizes MBIX current status:

Location Co-location Provider Equipment
167 Lombard GSC Nexus 93180YC-EX
294 Portage LES.NET Nexus 3064-X
360 Portage MHT Nexus 3064-X

This new hardware gives MBIX plenty of capacity for the future, reasonably
accommodating a 10-fold increase in traffic.

Peer on!

-- 
Jonathan Stewart
Ops Team
MBIX.ca
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