Hurricane Electric is a global Internet service provider offering Internet transit, tools, and network applications,[1] as well as data center colocation and hosting services at two locations in Fremont, California,[2] where the company is based.
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Internet service provider |
Founded | 1994 |
Headquarters | Fremont, California, United States |
Key people | Mike Leber, founder |
Services | IP transit, colocation, dedicated servers |
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Peering policy | Open |
Website | www |
As of May 2023,[update] according to its own data, Hurricane Electric is the largest global IP network as measured by network adjacencies in both IPv4 and IPv6.[3] It is also the second-largest global IPv6 network as measured by IPv6 prefixes announced, and the fifth-largest global IP network as measured by IPv4 prefixes announced, according to its own data.[4]
Hurricane Electric operates the largest Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) and Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) transit networks globally, as measured by the count of peering interconnections to other networks.[5] The majority of these adjacencies are native IPv6 BGP sessions.
Hurricane Electric offers an IPv6 tunnel broker service,[6] providing free connectivity to the IPv6 Internet via 6in4 IPv6 transition mechanisms. The company provides an online IPv6 certification program to further education and compliance in IPv6 technology.[7][8] As of September 20, 2023,[update] the company reports 61,367 provisioned tunnels spanning 179 countries[9] via the IPv6 tunnel broker. 20,850 individuals in 166 countries have reached the highest level of the IPv6 certification.[10]
Within its global network, Hurricane Electric is connected to more than 310 major exchange points[11][12] and exchanges IP traffic directly with more than 10,775 different networks.[13] Hurricane Electric currently has 30+ Terabits per second active public peering capacity and 200+ Terabits per second active private peering capacity.[14][15]
The European Internet Exchange Association (Euro-IX) ranks Hurricane Electric first in the world for the number of connections to Internet exchange points, with presence at more than 160 of Euro-IX member IXPs.[16][17]
There is a long-running dispute between the provider Cogent Communications and Hurricane Electric. Cogent has been refusing to peer settlement-free with Hurricane Electric since 2009.[18][19]
Hurricane Electric offers a series of free IPv6 "certification exams" aimed at helping you demonstrate your familiarity with IPv6 concepts and your ability to correctly configure IPv6 systems. Registration is free.
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