Equinix to Feature Peering Experts At Sixth Gigabit Peering Forum.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 21, 2003

Industry's Largest Forum Dedicated to Network and Content Peering

Offers Educational Sessions and Opportunities to Establish New or

Expand Existing Peering Relationships

Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq:EQIX)(Nasdaq:EQIXD), the leading provider of core Internet exchange services, today announced that it will host the Equinix Gigabit Peering Forum in Los Angeles on February 13, 2003. The forum, the sixth in an ongoing series of peering forums developed by Equinix, will feature educational sessions from experts on technical best practices as well as in-depth presentations focused on network and content peering methodologies and strategies. The forum will also feature programs to assist Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and large content players in establishing peering relationships.

Featured presentations include: Joe Wood, senior network engineer for Accretive Networks, presenting on cost-effective peering; Shannon Lake, CEO of Omnivergent, presenting high-availability, high security overlay network services; Lauren Nowlin, peering negotiator for SBC Internet Services, discussing peering with relief from Section 271of the Telecommunications Act; and, a presentation from a leading global content provider on traffic engineering techniques for multi-location peering. The agenda will also include a session on how to avoid losing valuable peering relationships once they have been established.

In addition, Bill Norton, a recognized peering authority and chief technical liaison for Equinix, will present the latest paper in Equinix's peering white paper series, "Do ATM-based Internet Exchange Points Make Sense Anymore?" The paper applies recent market prices for transport and transit to the financial models used in the white paper, "A Business Case for Peering," to determine if ATM-based Internet exchange points are financially feasible. Given the current state of the economy, this analysis will aid the peering community in evaluating financial models, as well as provide the most recent market pricing derived from conversations with more than 100 peering coordinators in 2002. Bill Norton is a frequent speaker at leading global technical forums including NANOG, APRICOT, RIPE, and ISPCON/Service Networks.