About Metro Connect

PurposeEquinix Metro Connect allows you to connect to a partner, customer, or one of your own separate deployments at a different IBX facility. Metro Connect services carry other network-based services, such as Internet Exchange or Cloud Exchange, between IBX data centers in certain metros.

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Features

Metro Connect includes:

  • Connections between customer demarcation points
  • Multiple bandwidth options of 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps, and 100 Gbps
  • Extensions from your infrastructure to your customers and partners located in different Equinix IBX facilities within the same metro

Product Offerings

Metro Connect offers three different products:

Protected Metro Connect allows customers in one IBX data center to connect to customers, partners, or their own networks in another IBX. This offering provides resiliency for WAN connections using two diverse fiber paths. Protected Metro Connect uses a single switch at each IBX providing you with a single physical connection to your demarcation on each side.

Protected Metro Connect includes:

  • Path protection using two diverse fiber paths
  • Availability SLA 99.99%
  • 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps, and 100 Gbps port speeds (100 Gbps available in select markets only)
  • Protected Metro Connect is available in optical Layer 1 (10 Gbps, 100 Gbps) or packet-based Layer 2 service options (1 Gbps)
  • 10 Gbps is available as packet-based Layer 2 service in some metros

Note: Protected Metro Connect does not provide node protection.

Unprotected Metro Connect allows customers in one IBX to connect to customers, or to their own networks in another IBX. This offering does not provide any redundancy. If required, you can make your own arrangement for redundancy through a network service provider.

Unprotected Metro Connect includes:

  • Availability SLA 99.9%
  • 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps, and 100 Gbps port speeds (100 Gbps available in select markets only)
  • Unprotected Metro Connect is available in optical Layer 1 (10 Gbps, 100 Gbps) or packet-based Layer 2 service options (1 Gbps)
  • 10 Gbps is available as packet-based Layer 2 service in some metros

Note: Unprotected Metro Connect offers no path protection or node protection.

Dual-Diverse Metro Connect allows customers in one IBX to connect to customers, partners, or their own networks in another IBX. This offering provides resiliency for WAN connections using two diverse fiber paths. Dual-Diverse Metro Connect uses two switches at each location providing you with two physical connections to your demarcation on each side.

Dual-Diverse Metro Connect includes:

  • Two end-to-end diverse fiber paths
  • Node protection
  • Availability SLA 99.999%
  • 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps, and 100 Gbps port speeds (100 Gbps available in select markets only)
  • Dual-Diverse Metro Connect is available in optical Layer 1 (10 Gbps, 100 Gbps), or packet-based Layer 2 service options (1 Gbps)
  • 10 Gbps is available as packet-based Layer 2 service in some metros

See the Metro Connect data page for data sheets.