LINX NoVA, the first neutral, mutually owned Internet exchange in the Northern Virginia area is now fully operational following two weeks of beta traffic trials. The first networks to connect over the exchange were Leaseweb and IX Reach.
LINX NoVA provides ISPs, content owners and network operators with the ability to peer Internet traffic from a choice of three different physical data centre locations across the NoVA metro area – Ashburn, Reston and Manassas.
LINX CEO John Souter said:
“There has been a lot of attention worldwide for what we’re building here. Our members called on LINX to build neutral, member-governed and distributed Internet Exchanges in the most important US markets where IP traffic is exchanged, and that is precisely what we are doing here in northern Virginia.”
The London Internet Exchange (LINX) is the largest Internet Exchange Point in the UK, and is the country’s largest membership association for Internet Service Providers and other major network operators. It provides peering services and public policy representation to over 490 members across 60 countries. The LINX London network currently handles over 3.5 Tbps of peak traffic, 1.89 Tb/sec of which is over public peering and covers more than 80% of the global routing table.
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