SwissIX goes 10Gig!
Dear all,
The generous offering of SWITCH (AS559) to participate in the cost of a new shiny 10Gig capable platform enables us to go ahead with upgrading the peering infrastructure of SwissIX http://www.swissix.ch/ while maintaining the idea of a community-driven, non-profit and free internet exchange.
FastE and GigE ports will remain with a free setup (except at two locations a small fee for cabling expenses is charged). However the SwissIX board decided to charge a bigger setup fee for 10Gig ports:
CHF 12000.00 one time fee incl. SR Xenpak or CHF 13500.00 one time fee incl. LR Xenpak
(Prices are valid until further notice, and note that cabling cost of the colocation is not included in the price mentioned.)
This fee is payable to SwissIX (currently w/o VAT) and will help to grow the hardware platform. Please note that SwissIX is charging only a one-time fee for 10Gig, there are
*NO RECURRING COSTS*
for all ports. (Association membership is optional but encouraged - see http://www.swissix.ch/memberappl.php)
If you are interested in a 10Gig port, please contact me offlist.
We hope to get the 10Gig platform up and running in Q4 2007 in the first location (Equinix Zurich 1, formerly known as IXEurope Zurich 1, formerly known as Telehouse Facilities, Hardstrasse 235, CH-8050 Zurich). For the 2nd location InterXion Glattbrugg is forseen, but to achieve this, more funding is needed.
If you would like to join SwissIX please follow the setup procedure: http://www.swissix.ch/how_to_get_connected.php
Of course we are always looking for more sponsors and members - if you would like to support the SwissIX project, please contact me offlist.
Best regards,
Fredy Künzler SwissIX President