LONAP Internet Exchange Cuts UK Pricing of Port Fees
The London Access Point (LONAP), which is a not-for-profit Layer 2 Internet Exchange Point (IXP) based in London that was first established in 1997 and works with various different members (broadband ISPs, CDNs, mobile operators etc.), appears to have responded to recent price cuts at LINX (here) by refreshing some of its own fees.
In a brief notification to members, LONAP said they were “pleased to announce a reduction in port fees”, which would be effective from 1st April 2025. The reductions are said to represent an average price decrease of 14% across all ports on the exchange, “delivering over £230k of annual savings to our Members“.
The latest LONAP pricing is available at https://www.lonap.net/fees, although their member notification also included a brief rundown of the key highlights.
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LONAP Price Reductions
The minimum service level for a LONAP port will be 4Gbps on a 10 GE port, and we are pleased to confirm a price reduction for this entry-level service:
- 4Gbps on 10 GE ports: Reduced from £120 per month to £95 per month.
Members paying via Direct Debit from a UK bank account will continue to receive a £25 discount, bringing the effective price down to £70 per month.- 10 GE and 10 GE on 100 GE ports: Reduced from £175 per month to £150 per month. The £25 Direct Debit discount still applies.
- 20Gbps on 100 GE ports: Reduced from £325 per month to £300 per month.
- 40Gbps and 40 GE on 100 GE ports: Reduced from £600 per month to £550 per month.
- 100 GE ports: Reduced from £1,200 per month to £1,000 per month.
- 400 GE ports: Reduced from £2,950 per month to £2,500 per month.
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Do anyone knows how much does it cost roughly 10Gbps transmission from let’s say Cambridge, Oxfrod or Birmingham to LONAP or LINX?
You’d just get a leased line in to a DC they operate and then interconnect.
10Gb depends on exact location and what is possible locally. Many hundreds a month (nearer £1k/month) mostly
Connections to IXPs such as LINX/LONAP are based on being in the same data centre as one of their switches, it’s not a service where you can natively say ‘I want a connection from X to LINX, etc’. There are third parties who will provide virtual connections to IXPs but these depend on you being in a DC that the third-party are already in.
It’s easier to buy exactly 10Gbps than ‘roughly’. The price depends on core distance, how easy or not the last mile is and whether you want some degree of resilience. You probably do – it’s a fair amount of traffic to lose when the inevitable happens.
Those variables mean you might pay £500 a month, you might pay £4000.
Only reference I can provide is from a facility I did some work for, a datacentre in the Midlands connect back to Telehouse in London (the UK internet hub)
Slightly different but 100Gbps dual circuit connectivity was approx £130,000 per year ex VAT, with a contract of several years.
This was a fully managed service with a major carrier, and took diverse routing nationally, one path directish to London, the other via Bristol-area then along M4 corridor.