Monthly Charges
| Port Speed |
Port Charge |
Peering |
Private VLAN |
Redundant VLAN Service |
| |
Port |
VLAN |
| 10 |
$50 |
$145 |
$50 |
$50 |
$50 |
| 100 |
$100 |
$195 |
$300 |
$100 |
$300 |
| 1000 |
$150 |
$245 |
N/A |
$150 |
N/A |
Definitions: See member agreement.
Port Access: Physical Ethernet port access to an NWAX switch via 10, 100 (Fast) or 1000 (Gigabit) megabit Ethernet. Port media varies with location and customer desires. Listed charge is per port per month. Customer is responsible for cross connects, if any provided by the host data (centers). NWAX assigns Internet Protocol (IP) address for use on customer ports. See member agreement.
Peering: Access the public peering VLAN operated by the exchange. Peering is a business and technical arrangement, usually bilateral where two networks accept traffic from one another, and from one another's customers. Peering requires router (Layer 3) connection, BGP4 and an approved ASN.
Private VLAN: Private, tagged VLAN access between designated ports, restricted to rate specified within the customer service order. Member may have multiple VLANs to different partners within or between data centers. VLANs are charged in 10 Mbps increments total for both ends and may be split or paid by one of the participants. Gigabit ports are capped at 300 Mbps. Total monthly costs for a 10Mbps VLAN to connect to a service provider, for example would be $50 for port access and $50 for the VLAN for a total of $100 per month. This may cross data centers, for example from the Pittock to Easystreet or Fortix. A 20 Mbps VLAN or two 10 Mbps VLAN would cost $200 per month ($100 for a Fast Ethernet port and $100 for 20 MBPS VLAN service). VLAN service is intended to connect networks to other networks, an exchange interconnect service, not to themselves. See Service and Profile Illustrations.
Redundant Access: NWAX consists of two independent, parallel switch networks. Data centers are connected to the other data centers via diversely routed fiber optic cables in a “ring” (actually point-to-point Gigabit Ethernet) topology. All members access the primary switch network. Redundant access provides a second, duplicate access via the secondary switch network for services that the customer decides requires additional reliability.
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