Internet Access

Equinix Internet Access v2 service lifecycle with dry run, and the per-IBX catalogue.

Scope#

Equinix Internet Access (EIA) delivers internet transit in an IBX, over a physical port or a Fabric connection. The SDK covers the EIA v2 service lifecycle and the EIA v1 catalogue and ordering reads.

Accessor	Covers
`services()`	EIA v2 services: create, read, search, update, delete
`ibxs()`	Per-IBX availability and location data
`prices()`, `accounts()`, `termsAndConditions()`, `operationalUnits()`, `signaturePolicies()`, `productConfigurations()`, `purchaseOrders()`, `orders()`	EIA v1 ordering reads
`cages()`, `cabinets()`, `patchPanels()`, `connectionServices()`	Site infrastructure reads
`unifiedServices()`, `ipBlocks()`	The Fabric-side EIA services and IP blocks, shared with `fabric.eiaServices()` and `fabric.ipBlocks()`

Service lifecycle#

Java

import com.eqixiac.equinix.internetaccess.enums.ServiceState;
import com.eqixiac.equinix.internetaccess.model.InternetAccessService;
import com.eqixiac.equinix.internetaccess.model.json.creators.ChangeOperationUpdate;
import com.eqixiac.equinix.internetaccess.model.json.creators.ServiceSearchRequest;

for (InternetAccessService service : internet.services().search(new ServiceSearchRequest().state(ServiceState.ACTIVE))) {
    System.out.println(service.getUuid() + " " + service.getName() + " " + service.getState());
}

InternetAccessService service = internet.services().getByUuid("service-uuid");

List<ChangeOperationUpdate> resize = List.of(ChangeOperationUpdate.replace("/bandwidth", "500"));
internet.services().update(service.getUuid(), resize, true);    // dryRun: validate only
internet.services().update(service.getUuid(), resize);          // apply

internet.services().delete(service.getUuid(), true);            // validate the delete

internet.services().define() starts the create builder with name, type, connection or connections, routingProtocol and order. The specification defines no dry run for EIA v2 create, so a create places an order.

The search in the block filters on /state. The specification also lists /type as a filter property, which the live service rejected on 2026-11-11. The search pages through query parameters and sends the same filter body with each page (Pagination).

IBX catalogue#

Among the APIs this SDK covers, ibxs() alone returns coordinates per data center. The design layer uses it for IBX-to-IBX latency estimates, and EquinixConfig.enrichMetroRegistry(true) merges it into the metro registry.

Java

import com.eqixiac.equinix.design.geo.SpeedOfLightLatency;
import com.eqixiac.equinix.internetaccess.model.Ibx;

Ibx la4 = internet.ibxs().getByCode("LA4");
Ibx sv5 = internet.ibxs().getByCode("SV5");
double km = SpeedOfLightLatency.distanceKm(la4, sv5);
double roundTripFloorMs = SpeedOfLightLatency.roundTrip().millisBetween(la4, sv5);

availability(connectionType) lists the IBXs where a connection type can be ordered.

Fit#

Need	Choice	Trade-off
Internet breakout for a cage or a Network Edge device	Internet Access	One provider relationship; routing is BGP or static with Equinix as the upstream
Multi-homed transit with carrier choice	Cross connects to carriers in the IBX	More control and more contracts
Peering at an exchange	Equinix Internet Exchange, see the Beta exchange services and Peering Intelligence	Reaches the networks present at the exchange, not the whole internet