| Full name | Neutral Internet Exchange |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | NL-ix |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Location | Netherlands |
| Website | www.nl-ix.net |
| Members | 617 |
| Ports | 1762 |
| Peers | 513 |
| Peak in | 4.33 Tbit/s |
| Peak out | 4.33 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 |
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 seventy-four data centres in thirty-one European cities in 13 countries by year-end 2015.[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]
Datacenters
NL-ix members can connect at 96 sites in 31 cities across 7 countries.[4]
References
- ↑ Statistics Netherlands Internet Exchange Quarterly Statistics. Retrieved on 2017-02-04.
- ↑ Network. The Neutral Internet Exchange. Retrieved on 2008-09-11.
- ↑ News. Neutral Internet Exchange. Retrieved on 2008-02-18.
- 1 2 Traffic. Netherlands Internet Exchange. Retrieved on 2008-10-01.
- ↑ Members. Netherlands Internet Exchange. Retrieved on 2008-10-01.
- ↑ Press release Netherlands Internet Exchange. Retrieved on 2011-03-04
External links
- Neutral Internet Exchange (official website)