Port Speeds at Internet Exchange Points in South Africa
Total ports
1,916
Median port
10 Gbps
90th percentile
100 Gbps
400G+ ports
17
Port Speed Mix Today
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| Speed class | Ports / capacity |
|---|---|
| <1G | 11 ports (0.6%), 1.1 Gbps (0.0% of capacity) |
| 1G | 266 ports (13.9%), 270.07 Gbps (0.4% of capacity) |
| 10G | 1,286 ports (67.1%), 14.02 Tbps (23.1% of capacity) |
| 25G | 26 ports (1.4%), 775 Gbps (1.3% of capacity) |
| 40G | 11 ports (0.6%), 550 Gbps (0.9% of capacity) |
| 100G | 299 ports (15.6%), 38.3 Tbps (63.1% of capacity) |
| 400G | 17 ports (0.9%), 6.8 Tbps (11.2% of capacity) |
Speed Class Adoption Since 2016
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| Speed class | Share of ports |
|---|---|
| <1G | 0.6% |
| 1G | 14.3% |
| 10G | 66.9% |
| 25G | 1.3% |
| 40G | 0.6% |
| 100G | 15.4% |
| 400G | 0.9% |
400G+ Scoreboard
| # | IXP | City | 400G ports | 800G ports | 400G+ capacity | Share of its ports |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NAPAfrica IX Johannesburg | Johannesburg | 9 | 0 | 3.6 Tbps | 1.2% |
| 2 | JINX | Johannesburg | 8 | 0 | 3.2 Tbps | 3.0% |
Largest Single Ports
| Speed | Network | IXP |
|---|---|---|
| 600 Gbps | AS20940 Akamai Technologies | NAPAfrica IX Johannesburg |
| 600 Gbps | AS20940 Akamai Technologies | NAPAfrica IX Johannesburg |
| 500 Gbps | AS20940 Akamai Technologies | NAPAfrica IX Cape Town |
| 400 Gbps | AS20011 NTT DATA, Broadband, South Africa | JINX |
| 400 Gbps | AS20011 NTT DATA, Broadband, South Africa | JINX |
| 400 Gbps | AS329126 fibertime™ | JINX |
| 400 Gbps | AS16509 Amazon.com | JINX |
| 400 Gbps | AS16509 Amazon.com | JINX |
| 400 Gbps | AS60068 CDN77 | JINX |
| 400 Gbps | AS329126 fibertime™ | JINX |
Recent 400G+ Activations (90 days)
| Date | Network | IXP | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AS30844 Liquid Intelligent Technologies | NAPAfrica IX Johannesburg | new port at 400 Gbps |
| 2026-09-09 | AS5713 Telkom SA | NAPAfrica IX Johannesburg | 300 Gbps → 400 Gbps |
| 2026-07-29 | AS20940 Akamai Technologies | JINX | new port at 400 Gbps |
In South Africa, IXP members connect through 1,916 ports. The median port is 10 Gbps, 16.5% of ports run at 100G or faster, and 17 ports have entered the 400G era. Speed classes are inferred from aggregate connection speeds: totals that are exact multiples of a standard rate count toward the largest rate that divides them (a 500 Gbps LAG is 100G-class), while a LAG landing exactly on a standard rate — say 4x100G reporting 400G — is indistinguishable from a native port in PeeringDB. Numbers straight from PeeringDB, refreshed every night.