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The Boston MXP was an
Internet Exchange Point Internet exchange points (IXes or IXPs) are common grounds of Internet Protocol, IP networking, allowing participant Internet service provider, Internet service providers (ISPs) to exchange data destined for their respective networks. IXPs are ...
in
Boston, Massachusetts Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...
and
Quincy, Massachusetts Quincy ( ) is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the largest city in the county. Quincy is part of the Greater Boston area as one of Boston's immediate southern suburbs. Its population in ...
. It was founded by MAI in 1996. It supports 10 megabit and 100 megabit connections on copper, and gigabit connections on fiber. Global NAPs, the main sponsor of the ''Boston MXP'', was sold on February 29, 2012. The ''Boston MXP'' is no longer operational and was replaced by the
Boston Internet Exchange The Boston Internet Exchange is an Internet exchange point in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The Boston IX is owned and operated by Markley Group, hosted in Markley's One Summer Street, Boston datacenter and their Prince Avenue, Lowell datacenter. ...
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Internet Exchange Point Internet exchange points (IXes or IXPs) are common grounds of Internet Protocol, IP networking, allowing participant Internet service provider, Internet service providers (ISPs) to exchange data destined for their respective networks. IXPs are ...


External links


Official Boston MXP website

profile on PeeringDB
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