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Hurricane Electric Expands Global Network to Providence

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Monday, October 18, 2021

Hurricane Electric , the worlds largest IPv6-native Internet backbone announced today that Hurricane Electric has deployed a new Point of Presence (PoP) in Irontrust Prov.net PVD2 data center in Providence.

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  • Hurricane Electric , the worlds largest IPv6-native Internet backbone announced today that Hurricane Electric has deployed a new Point of Presence (PoP) in Irontrust Prov.net PVD2 data center in Providence.
  • With its robust technology ecosystem and thriving start-up environment, Providence is a critical location to provide services to customers in the metropolitan area and around southern New England, said Mike Leber, President, Hurricane Electric.
  • Hurricane Electric operates its own global IPv4 and IPv6 network and is considered the largest IPv6 backbone in the world.
  • Within its global network, Hurricane Electric is connected to over 250 major exchange points and exchanges traffic directly with more than 9,000 different networks.