ERA-IX Direct
Get Direct access through ERA-IX
Direct facilitates high-quality peering between your network and (your selection of) carriers
available within the Direct offering.
Networks available on Direct have been selected to improve your user's experience
to a new level!
Direct is available your existing port and can be enabled at any moment.
Benefits
Some of the many benefits included with our Direct offering:
- Remarkably fast setup times, getting you up and running within 24 hours.
- Zero-hop access to hard-to-peer networks.
- Capacity managed links to avoid congestion.
- Guaranteed bandwidth up to your commitment.
- Burstable bandwidth to get you through unforeseen surges.
- Unparalleled cost efficiency through low commitment requirements and no additional setup fees.
Available networks
If you are wondering if a certain route is available through our Direct offering, you can use our Looking Glass. Of course There are also many other networks available to peer on ERA-IX!
| Network | Service area | ASN | Zero-hop | Pay-per-use pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Global | Worldwide | 6830 | ✅ | Inquire |
| Full DFZ Routes* | Worldwide | 35133 | ❌ | €0,50/Mbps |
Zero-hop networks are available in the peering LAN, ERA-IX will not perform a routing action on this packet in order to deliver it to the target network. The AS-path will not include our ASN!
* The full-table routes are not provided through the route-servers, and will require a separate session to be set up. Details are provided upon delivery.Member List
Networks part of our Direct service offering are shown in our member list
with a distinct DIRECT | PAID PEERING identifier.
Our
Direct offering takes care of all policy involved and allows you to start exchanging traffic in
no-time!
Got your attention? Here's how you get Direct
Order Direct Capacity
Send us a message, e-mail or ticket regarding our offering, we will be glad to inform you regarding the possibilities.
We will help you decide whether Direct is appropriate for your network and assist as required.
Direct is prepared
Rest assured, this shouldn't take long!
During this step we will perform the required steps to ensure a smooth service turn-up.
- Network Capacity Planning
- Required upgrades are performed
- Legal settlement
Direct is delivered
Your connection(s) to ERA-IX will receive
the Direct routes through our route-servers.
Route-server sessions are required. Traffic will start to flow.
We'll
let you know if anything requires attention!
Want to know more?
We will ensure delivery exactly like other traffic on ERA-IX.
Should usage exceed the commitment an invoice will be created.
Should there be bandwidth contention, we will review who is exceeding their commitment by the most and reduce traffic by dropping/reducing routes in the appropriate direction to the contract-infringing networks.
For this reason, maintaining a realistic commitment is important. Ensuring the right commit will make sure your usage will never be part of overbooked burst traffic.
We will never rate-limit your traffic.
You are not able to peer with the Direct networks directly, as this could cause problems during bandwidth contention.