Neutral_Internet_Exchange

Neutral Internet Exchange

Neutral Internet Exchange

Internet exchange point in the Netherlands


The Neutral Internet Exchange (abbreviated as NL-ix, with the last two letters typeset in lowercase) is an Internet exchange in Europe, which is distributed across ninety-six datacentres in fifteen European cities in seven countries by year-end 2023.[2] The exchange was founded in 2002 to serve as an alternative to the Amsterdam Internet Exchange.[3] As of May 26, 2015, the daily average inbound traffic is 619.48 Gbit/s and the daily average outbound traffic 616.77 Gbit/s[4] and 513 members are connected on 1762 ports.[5] On March 4, 2011, it was announced that Dutch landline and mobile telecommunications company KPN had purchased and, subsequently, acquired the exchange.[6]

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Datacenters

NL-ix members can connect at 96 sites in 15 cities across 7 countries.[4]


References

  1. Statistics Netherlands Internet Exchange Quarterly Statistics. Retrieved on 2017-02-04.
  2. Network. www.nl-ix.net
  3. News. Neutral Internet Exchange. Retrieved on 2008-02-18.
  4. Traffic. Netherlands Internet Exchange. Retrieved on 2024-02-01.
  5. Members. Netherlands Internet Exchange. Retrieved on 2008-10-01.
  6. Press release Netherlands Internet Exchange. Retrieved on 2011-03-04



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