HIBERNIA ATLANTIC LIGHTS NEW LOW-LATENCY EXPRESS ROUTE CONNECTING AMSTERDAM TO DUBLIN AND NORTH AMERICA BYPASSING LONDON

SUMMIT, NJ & DUBLIN, IRELAND- January 20, 2009– Hibernia Atlantic is launching service on its new route between Amsterdam and its 37 POPs in North America.  This unique network offers a low latency express route that crosses the Atlantic and completely bypasses London’s common congested terrestrial fiber routes.  Latency on the new Amsterdam to Boston route is now 74 milliseconds making this the fastest available route.  It also offers the fastest route between Amsterdam and Dublin, Ireland.

By using its northern cable, Hibernia’s new network bypasses London’s traditional backhaul by offering a diverse express route that shaves two milliseconds off the latency on the existing London to Amsterdam route. The new North London bypass intercepts Hibernia’s existing network between Southport and London at Peterborough, approximately 185km North of London. From there it extends eastward to Pakenham where the new constructed route meets Hibernia’s existing cable to Amsterdam, approximately 150km North of London.

 ”This new route is attractive for any business that requires direct, low latency connectivity between North America and Europe at competitive rates,” states Bjarni Thorvardarson, CEO for Hibernia Atlantic. “Financial firms, movie studios, IP providers and data storage companies requiring a fast, diverse connection over the Atlantic while avoiding London are among some of the enterprise customers that can benefit from the new route, as well as global carriers.”

The Hibernia Atlantic network provides European and North American customers with direct transAtlantic connectivity, at competitive prices, using a unique network footprint that avoids traditional, congested waterways around New York and London, and instead offers security through physical diversity, with northern routes that minimize risk and deliver additional redundancy.

Click to view Hibernia’s network map and Amsterdam build.  http://www.hiberniaatlantic.com/documents/HA_StatSheet_J09.pdf

About Hibernia Atlantic:

Hibernia Atlantic is a privately held, US-owned, transAtlantic submarine and terrestrial cable network, with over 68 redundant network Points of Presence throughout Canada, US, UK and Europe. Hibernia provides dedicated Ethernet and optical-level service up to GigE, 10G and LanPhy wavelengths and traditional Sonet/SDH services.

For more information on Hibernia Atlantic’s cutting-edge network, please visit www.hiberniaatlantic.com. 

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