Internet Solutions (IS) has announced that it has been chosen by the Internet Service Providers Association of South Africa (ISPA) to host the Johannesburg Internet Exchange (JINX) for a third term. In addition IS has also been chosen to host the revived Cape Town Internet Exchange (CINX).

 

An Internet Exchange, explains Greg Montjoie, Hosting Business Unit Manager at IS is for all intents and purposes a peering point between Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in a country or region.

 

“A peering point adds a vital level of redundancy into the local Internet and boosts the performance of local Internet usage by creating shorter routes between ISPs.  “In doing so, an Internet Exchange also affects valuable cost savings for all parties involved,” he explains. “Because Internet Exchanges are of massive importance to the quality of a country’s Internet experience, we’re extremely proud to have been chosen for a third term,” he adds.

 

 

That said however, Hunter says the most recent application from IS was still thoroughly vetted before the renewal of the contract was announced.

 

“We’re obviously extremely proud of becoming the JINX host for another three years,” Montjoie says “It speaks volumes about our ability to handle a mission critical hosting project such as this, not to mention the world class nature of the IS Johannesburg and Cape Town data centres. “We’re committed to providing ISPA with the same excellent level of service we have up until now and trust that the hosting we provide will make it a little better for the South African Internet user community to communicate effectively with each other,” he concludes.