Customers of these services will be connected in such a manner that they do not transit the University of Waikato WAN or LAN infrastructure. The University of Waikato operates the New Zealand Internet Exchange for Internet service providers on a neutral basis. This is of benefit to ISP's as it can reduces the cost of domestic Internet traffic transfer. This service enables ISP's to connect their network to the NZ Internet Exchange. Customers supply their own leased lines, routers and out of band management devices.
Customers are responsible for managing their own routers.
University of Waikato will provide housing for routers and NTU's. Minimum rental is 6 months paid in advance. This service provides Internet traffic to those customers connected to the Waikato University network. The preferred access method is via a 64kbps up to a 256kbps synchronous data circuit running the Cisco HDLC protocol . The University provides the router port at the University end of the link, the customer provides the leased line and the router at their premises.