LONDON INTERNET EXCHANGE ( LINX )
As a not-for-profit network peering co-operative , LINX enhances its members ’ network connection through its engineering support
As one of the few major network peering co-operatives in Western Europe , London Internet Exchange ( LINX ) has for many years been best-placed to adapt to its members ’ needs as the technology and methods it helped usher in have become the norm . Not only is the company facing down its issues regarding economies of scale and technology costs , it also doing so at a time when transit providers have lowered their costs to inexplicably low levels .
LINX operates six separate networks , with two in London ( in which it has 11 separate data centres ), as well as IXP networks in Manchester , Scotland , Cardiff and North Virginia , USA . It has over 1,650 connected member ports from 68 countries , including 868 member-facing 10GigE ports , as well as 70 member-facing 100GigE ports . At its peak , LINX records over 3.3 terabytes of traffic per second on its public exchange and has a total connected capacity of over 16 terabytes .
112 July 2016