DE-CIX New York is a carrier and data center-neutral
internet exchange point
Internet exchange points (IXes or IXPs) are common grounds of IP networking, allowing participant Internet service providers (ISPs) to exchange data destined for their respective networks. IXPs are generally located at places with preexisting ...
(IX or IXP) in the
New York/
New Jersey
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metro owned and operated by
DE-CIX North America Inc.
DE-CIX New York is distributed across carrier hotels and data centers in the region, including 60 Hudson Street,
111 8th Avenue
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,
32 Avenue of the Americas
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, 325 Hudson Street,
165 Halsey Street (
Newark
Newark most commonly refers to:
* Newark, New Jersey, city in the United States
* Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey; a major air hub in the New York metropolitan area
Newark may also refer to:
Places Canada
* Niagara-on-the ...
), 85 10th Avenue, 375 Pearl Street and 2 Emerson Lane (
Secaucus
Secaucus ( ) is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, the town's population was 16,264,[peering
In computer networking, peering is a voluntary interconnection of administratively separate Internet networks for the purpose of exchanging traffic between the "down-stream" users of each network. Peering is settlement-free, also known as "bill-and ...]
).
The Internet exchange addresses the peering problem in the North American Internet exchange market, as existing Internet exchanges do not offer carrier or data center-neutral services. These neutral services are characteristic of the European model of Internet exchanges, which promotes a more competitive market for interconnection, pricing and general bandwidth growth.
DE-CIX New York was announced in September 2013, began taking customer orders in November 2013 and passed the first customer packets across the exchange in May 2014.
DE-CIX New York turns up Akamai as first IX customer
telecompaper.com, 12 May 2014
DE-CIX New York is built on a 100 Gigabit Ethernet-capable switching system that supports large numbers of 100 GE ports. It uses multiple dark fiber rings to provide a scalable infrastructure to the exchange.
See also
* List of Internet exchange points
This is a list of Internet exchange points ( IXPs). There are several sources for IXP locations, including Packet Clearing House, who have maintained the earliest list of IXPs, with global coverage since 1994. Also, Telegeography, PeeringDB and t ...
References
External links
* {{official website, https://www.de-cix.net/en/locations/united-states/new-york
Traffic statistics
Member list
Internet exchange points in the United States