The Israeli Internet Exchange (IIX) is an
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 ...
(IXP) that provides
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 ...
services for the
Internet Service Providers in
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
, essentially routing all intra-Israel internet traffic. It is managed by the non-profit
Israel Internet Association
Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL; he, איגוד האינטרנט הישראלי, links=no) is a non-profit organization and .il country code top-level domains (ccTLD) registry managed by seven volunteer board members. It was the second organi ...
organization making it as well a not-for-profit operation.
Until June 1996 much of the Israeli Internet service providers were connected by and to
ILAN Ilan may refer to:
Organization
* ILAN, Israeli umbrella organization for the treatment of disabled children
Given name
* Ilan (name), a Hebrew/Israeli name
* Ilan Bakhar, a retired Israeli footballer
* Ilan Araújo Dall'Igna, a Brazilian footbal ...
(the Israeli Academic Network), by order of the
Ministry of Communications
A Communications Ministry or Department of Communications is a ministry or other government agency charged with communication. Communications responsibilities includes regulating telecommunications, postal services, broadcasting and print media. T ...
these links had to be dismantled. This could have created a gap which would have caused intra-Israel traffic to be routed through North America. Te Israel Internet Association decided to create IIX, to optimize Israeli routing.
See also
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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 ...
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Internet exchange points
The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...
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Internet in Israel Broadband Internet in Israel has been available since the late 1990s in theory, but it only became practically accessible to most customers in 2001. By 2008, Israel had become one of the few countries with developed broadband capabilities across two ...
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Israel Internet Association
Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL; he, איגוד האינטרנט הישראלי, links=no) is a non-profit organization and .il country code top-level domains (ccTLD) registry managed by seven volunteer board members. It was the second organi ...
References
External links
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Internet exchange points in Israel
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