Historical provider.
Current availability of the listed service is not confirmed. Acquired by GTT Communications in 2017-01-09.

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Overview

Hibernia Networks combined subsea and terrestrial connectivity with media delivery, including Hibernia CDN. GTT acquired the company on January 9, 2017.

This entry explains the historical provider and its asset history. A legacy customer needs to identify the current operator of the specific contracted service.

Network

Historical footprint

Hibernia operated terrestrial and subsea network assets, including Hibernia Express. GTT’s 2017 announcement also listed video and CDN services.

Coverage for a legacy service

An IP backbone location or cable landing station is not necessarily a CDN cache. Check the contracted product’s delivery regions and operator rather than using GTT’s or EXA’s current backbone footprint as a Hibernia CDN map.

Past features

Historical announcements describe video and CDN services, but do not give a complete technical specification for each service. Cache behavior, protocols, security and video formats need to be checked against the particular contract. Current GTT or EXA product capabilities cannot be assumed to describe the old Hibernia service.

Service status

For a legacy Hibernia contract, identify the current service operator and product before planning migration. Choose replacement products for the actual workload: connectivity, managed media transport and HTTP caching have different requirements.

History timeline

  • 2003 — Hibernia Networks founded — Acquired transatlantic and terrestrial network assets.
  • September 2015 — Hibernia Express entered service
  • January 9, 2017 — GTT completed company acquisition — The transaction included transport, video and CDN services.
  • September 17, 2021 — EXA infrastructure launch after GTT divestment — Network and data center assets included infrastructure inherited from Hibernia; contract-specific service outcomes require separate confirmation.

Budgeting for a replacement

A historical Hibernia contract is not a current published CDN tariff. For replacement budgeting, separate transport or managed-media charges from HTTP delivery, requests, origin egress and optional security. Compare offers against the actual service being replaced.

Historical integrations

For a legacy deployment, inventory hostnames, DNS targets, certificates, origin configuration and control-panel or API endpoints. Use the active operator’s documentation for changes; a corporate transaction announcement is not a configuration guide.

What to know

For a Hibernia-branded agreement, identify whether you are replacing connectivity, managed media transport or HTTP caching. Match the replacement to that workload and coordinate the change with the current operator.

Planning a replacement

For an existing Hibernia agreement, identify who now operates the service and what you are replacing. Connectivity, managed media transport and HTTP caching need different replacement products. For a new CDN purchase, compare current services and prices.

History

Company and cable milestones

  • 2003: Hibernia Networks was founded around acquired transatlantic and terrestrial network assets.
  • September 2015: Hibernia Express entered service.
  • January 9, 2017: GTT completed the acquisition of all equity in Hibernia NGS Limited.
  • September 17, 2021: EXA launched after completion of the purchase of GTT network and data center assets, including infrastructure inherited from Hibernia.

For a legacy CDN or managed-media account, check the current operator named in the contract.

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