NL-ix (with the last two letters typeset in lowercase) - formerly known as Neutral Internet Exchange - is an Internet Exchange in Europe, which is distributed across ninety-six datacenters in sixteen European cities in eight 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 March 2024, the peak traffic is 8.61 Tbit/s and 630 members are connected.[4] On March 4, 2011, it was announced that Dutch landline and mobile telecommunications company KPN had purchased and, subsequently, acquired the exchange.[5]
| Full name | NL-ix |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | NL-ix |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Location | Netherlands |
| Website | www.nl-ix.net |
| Members | 661 |
| Ports | 1762 |
| Peers | 513 |
| Peak in | 8.61 Tbit/s |
| Peak out | 8.61 Tbit/s |
| Daily in (avg.) | 1.08 Tbit/s |
| Daily out (avg.) | 1.08 Tbit/s |
| Year | Peak traffic[1] |
|---|---|
| 2002 | 50 Mbit/s |
| 2003 | 800 Mbit/s |
| 2004 | 6.2 Gbit/s |
| 2005 | 10.0 Gbit/s |
| 2006 | 13.1 Gbit/s |
| 2007 | 16.3 Gbit/s |
| 2008 | 42.4 Gbit/s |
| 2009 | 40.3 Gbit/s |
| 2010 | 118.2 Gbit/s |
| 2011 | 146.7 Gbit/s |
| 2012 | 220.1 Gbit/s |
| 2013 | 403.9 Gbit/s |
| 2014 | 701.3 Gbit/s |
| 2015 | 1.3424 Tbit/s |
| 2023 | 7,98 Tbit/s |
| 2024 | 8,61 Tbit/s |
Datacenters
editNL-ix members can connect at over 90 sites in 16 cities across 8 countries.[6]
References
edit- ^ Statistics Netherlands Internet Exchange Quarterly Statistics. Retrieved on 2017-02-04.
- ^ Datacenters. www.nl-ix.net
- ^ News. Neutral Internet Exchange. Retrieved on 2008-02-18.
- ^ Members. NL-ix.
- ^ Press release Netherlands Internet Exchange. Retrieved on 2011-03-04
- ^ Traffic. NL-ix. Retrieved on 2024-02-01.
External links
edit- NL-ix (official website)
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