Detroit is the latest major US city to establish an Internet exchange point (IXP). The IXP called DET-IX will bring "faster speeds, more bandwidth and reduce costs" for service providers across the state DET-IX launches with nine initial members, including:. 123.Net A2 Hosting, Active Solutions Group, Clear Rate Communications, MojoHost, advanced servers, LightSpeed Communications, ManagedWay and Nexcess.net.
"the Detroit Internet Exchange is the culmination of our efforts recent years to ensure the best connectivity class in the metropolitan Detroit area, "said Dan Irvin, CEO 123.Net home to the DET-IX . "Detroit now has the infrastructure to be considered among the best connected places on the planet. DET-IX offers many advantages to the business community established in Michigan and help attract and retain new technology companies. It is an important step in the continuous development of high-tech economy of our state. "
While other major IXP costs for interconnection, DET-IX provides 1G and 10G switch ports free . DET-IX is available in 100,000 square feet of neutral support 123.Net data center building located in Southfield, Michigan.
"ISPs, carriers and content providers benefit from reduced costs, lower latency and higher throughput to other members DET-IX," said Ryan Duda, 123.net CTO . "major metropolitan areas were established IXPs for years. It is now our turn to improve Internet connectivity and stability for Michigan. "
The DET-IX switch matrix consists of several high capacity switches interconnected whole. members DET-IX connect over 1G or 10G harbor . In turn, members can pass traffic directly among themselves, rather than purchase by a third party. in addition, traffic is via the local IXP rather than being routed to another city.
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Irvin noted that only organizations with an ASN (autonomous system number) are eligible to participate in the DET-IX. it is estimated that Michigan hundreds of eligible members who can benefit from free trade. by comparison, one of the largest Internet exchanges in the world is AMS-IX (Amsterdam Internet exchange) with about 700 members.
Before the opening of the new DET-IX, much of Detroit data had to be carried by other exchanges. In most cases, this meant Chicago. Data from a Detroit company often by Chicago before being re-routed to another location Detroit creating unnecessary costs and delays.
123Net, home to the DET-IX currently operates a 100Gbps network + IP connected to several global transit carriers including Cogent, Comcast, GTT, Level 3, Savvis, TeliaSonera, Verizon, XO Communications and others. Four rings of metro fiber and long distance fiber networks cover 2,700 route miles, covering 70 units in Michigan.
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