The current external connectivity of the network is shown below.
NTT's strengths lie in the USA and Asia. The Tier-1 network currently boasts the industry's largest dedicated Internet bandwidth of 58 Gbps between Japan and U.S and 35Gbps in Asia Pacific to provide end users with fast, smooth global Internet connections. NTT also has a vast United States wide network with multiple private and public peering points in the territory making it an obvious choice for carrying our traffic across the Atlantic.
Level 3 is one of the largest providers of wholesale dial-up service to ISPs in North America and is the primary provider of Internet connectivity for millions of broadband subscribers through its cable and DSL partners.
Nine out of ten of the world's largest telecom carriers all continue to use Level 3 services, as do five of the top six U.S. Internet Service Providers, and nine out of ten of the largest European telecom carriers.
LINX connects the networks of Content Delivery and Internet Service Providers so that traffic may flow more efficiently between them. LINX is one of the largest Exchange Points globally, measured both in terms of the traffic that passes over its network and the Internet routes which are directly accessible from its peering LAN.
LoNAP is a neutral not-for-profit, independent peering point. LoNAP has been providing the infrastructure for its members to establish peering and exchange traffic since 1997. LoNAP operates a network of interconnected Cisco Catalyst 6500 switches at core sites.
AMS-IX is a neutral and independent not-for-profit Internet exchange providing services since the early 1990's based in Amsterdam.
NL-ix is a content oriented Dutch national Internet Exchange.
The new member based Paris IXP.
Goscomb Technologies also maintain private peering with select networks on direct fibre or copper. Networks are selected either due to high throughput or for operational importance.
