Cilix, a leading UK managed service provider has become the latest reseller partner for the London Internet Exchange (LINX).

As part of the agreement, Cilix have taken two reseller ports at LINX in London, one on the LON1 fabric and one on LON2, to provide additional resilience and redundancy for their customers.

LINX operates a dual LAN infrastructure in London where many of the IXP member networks connect to both platforms in order to meet all the unique peers in London and have diverse routing options where needed.

Through the ConneXions Reseller Programme, Cilix can now offer their customer base peering services as well as LINX’s other interconnection offerings via a single cross connect. These additional services include the exclusive Microsoft Azure Peering Service (MAPS) for optimised, low-latency connectivity to Microsoft cloud services, i.e. Teams, Office 365 and more.

Warren Hall, Network Architect Cilix, commented: “LINX’s reputation for reliability and extensive peering ecosystem made them the obvious choice for Cilix. The reseller partnership enables us to provide our customers with premium internet exchange services, allowing them to build their own peering relationships with networks on the LINX platform.”

The LINX ConneXions Reseller Programme is designed to extend the reach of the exchange by enabling trusted partners like Cilix to offer seamless access to LINX’s peering LANs for networks with no physical presence in a LINX enabled metro.

This collaboration not only enhances connectivity options for Cilix’s clients but also contributes to the growth and resilience of the global internet infrastructure.

Colin Peckham, Partner & Interconnection Specialist for LINX commented: “We are excited to have Cilix on board and already connecting their customers to LINX.

Our ethos is for the good of the Internet, offering networks low latency services and routing options for the best connectivity possible and we thank Cilix for wanting to pass this on to their customers.”