February 14, 2001
INTERNET MULTIFEED CO.
MFEED Announces Service Menu for Distributed Internet Exchange Service (JPNAP)
TOKYO - INTERNET MULTIFEED CO. (MFEED; Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Koichi Suzuki) is pleased to announce the name, service menu and rates for its distributed Internet exchange service, to be launched in April of this year. The name of the service is JPNAP (pronounced jay-pee-nap), with details of the service as outlined below.
MFEED has been providing Internet data center services in Japan since 1997, with the participation of leading Internet service providers (ISPs) and content providers, and with the aim of building a content distribution infrastructure for the Internet era. As broadband services such as Cable Internet, DSL and optical fiber come on line to speed up the access network, and ISPs continue to increase the capacity of their backbone networks, a sharp rise is expected in so-called rich content distributed on the Internet, with users exchanging more diverse and bandwidth-intensive media.
Last December MFEED announced that it would be providing a distributed Internet exchange service geared to the emerging broadband era, capable of switching large-volume traffic among a variety of providers, as infrastructure supporting development of the next generation of Internet services. Trials of the interexchange service began in January. Prior to the start of commercial service in April, the service name, service menu and rates have been decided as follows.
1. Service name
The name of the service is JPNAP.JPNAP derives its name from "Japan Network Access Point." (Application has been made for registration of JPNAP as a trademark.)
2. Service menu
Switches for the interexchange service are installed in two MFEED locations (the NTT Otemachi Building and the Tokyo Sankei Building) and connected by the MFEED backbone network. Customers will be able to choose the connection location, and will have available the same services at the same rates at either location.(1) JPNAP Service
The following ports are available for connections to the switch:
(a).Gigabit EtherPort (GbE Port)
Connection ports are provided using Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-SX or 1000Base-LX).
Rates per port
Setup fee: 100,000 yen
Basic monthly rate: 1,200,000 yen (1,000,000 yen for the second and subsequent ports)
(b).Fast EtherPort (FE Port)
Connection ports are provided using Fast Ethernet (100Base-TX).
Rates per port
Setup fee: 100,000 yen
Basic monthly rate: 800,000 yen (600,000 yen for the second and subsequent ports)
(2) Housing Service (*)
Racks are available for installing routers and other network equipment in the collocation space provided by MFEED.
Rates per rack
Setup fee: 100,000 yen
Basic monthly rate: 300,000 yen
(*) Note that JPNAP service can also be provided through leased line connections, etc. without the use of housing service.
For more information contact:
INTERNET MULTIFEED CO. Sales Dept.
TEL:03-3282-1030
FAX:03-3282-1020
E-mail: info@mfeed.co.jp