Metro Connect Release Notes
Release Notes
Spotlight Videos
Functional Learning Demos
Cross-Release Videos
Equinix 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 IBXs in certain metros.
Metro Connect 2023.3 is available September 2023.
Extensive details about Equinix Metro Connect locations and latency speed are now provided in product documentation.
Geographic Expansions
Metro Connect is available in additional IBX data centers, including Mumbai, India, and more metro locations in the Americas. For a list of IBX options, see Product Availability and Media Type.
Latency Data and Recommendations
Equinix now publishes round-trip latency data for various Layer 1 and Layer 2 Metro Connect connections. For details and additional notes, refer to these regions:
These demos describe setup and configuration of features and functionality in a release.
| Title | Duration |
|---|---|
| Metro Connect Spotlight | 5:36 min |
| Order Metro Connect | 4:48 min |
Metro Connect 2022.4 is available October 2022.
A guided ordering user interface now enables self-service Metro Connect order placement on the Equinix Customer Portal.
New Guided Ordering Provides Self-Service
This release introduces an intuitive Metro Connect Guided Ordering user interface on the Equinix Customer Portal.
| Title | Duration |
|---|---|
| Metro Connect Spotlight | 5:36 min |
These demos describe setup and configuration of features and functionality in a release.
| Title | Duration |
|---|---|
| Order Metro Connect | 4:48 min |