Iceland may soon have additional low latency connectivity deployed to it with today’s announcement that TELE Greenland, Eastlink and Hibernia Atlantic will partner to investigate options further. Utilizing each company’s diverse footprint and their
engineering strengths, the combined network facilities could potentially offer the shortest, most direct path connecting New York to Iceland. By reducing the existing route by 1100 kilometers the new route will modify the design of Greenland Connect which connects Landeyajasandur, Iceland to Milton, Newfoundland via Nuuk, Greenland.
“This modified Icelandic route looks to shorten the existing physical path, therefore lowering its current latency by over 10ms round trip,” states Bjarni Thorvardarson, CEO for Hibernia Atlantic. “Through utilizing Hibernia Atlantic and Eastlink’s existing and planned networks, a direct connection into New York can be established providing access to a direct fiber cable system. The research we develop together with TELE Greenland and Eastlink will help us determine the most efficient and reliable route for optimal latency.”
To view Hibernia Atlantic’s existing global network map and key locations, please visit http://www.hiberniaatlantic.com/documents/HA_StatSheet_0911.pdf.
