Internet Neutral Exchange (INEX) is an Internet exchange located in

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at Equinix DB1 -

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DUB1 and DUB2 - Park West and Equinix DB3 - Northwest Business Park, Ballycoolin and a separate exchange, INEX Cork, at CIX in Cork. The system provides a modern

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switching network supporting

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peerings on three VLANs, with supported access speeds of 1 Gbit/s, 10 Gbit/s and 100 Gbit/s. Th
membership of INEX
includes most of the large/medium

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s (ISPs) based in Ireland, a growing number of digital content providers, the Irish Government network, VoIP providers and mobile operators. There is an associate membership category for non-trafficking organisations that have an interest in networking within the Irish IP community. ''Internet Neutral Exchange Association Company Limited by Guarantee'' is incorporated as a

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and is registered at the Companies Registration Office in

, No. 253804. Each of its members is entitled to vote at general meetings. INEX maintains an executive board of 7 people, elected from its member representatives, and all board members must resign after two consecutive years service. Board members may be re-elected.

History

Planning for INEX started in 1996 and it became operational in April 1997 with the backing of its four founding members; EUnet Ireland, HEAnet,

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and Telecom Internet with the objective of locally exchanging IP traffic between Irish-based ISPs, rather than using an external exchange or transit providers. As of October 2018, the Association had 103 full, 5 pro-bono, and 23 associate members. In late 2019, a number of directors resigned over disagreements on the company's governance. A subsequent letter to members announced an outside consultant would be appointed to “undertake a root and branch review of Inex and its corporate structure”.

References

External links

- INEX Official site- INEX Public Traffic Statistics
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- Full and Associate Members- The History Project
Internet exchange points in Europe Internet in Ireland

History

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