Calgary Internet Exchange

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YYCIX
NameYYCIX Internet Exchange Community Ltd
AbbreviationYYCIX
FoundedDecember, 2012
LocationFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada, Calgary, AB
Website yycix.ca
Participants (as of Apr, 2020)64 [1]
Daily traffic (as of Apr, 2020)  
- Max55 Gbit/s [2]
- Average39 Gbit/s [2]

The YYCIX Internet Exchange Community Ltd (YYCIX) in Calgary, Canada is the first Internet exchange point (IXP) in Alberta. It allows the local exchange of Internet traffic between members, staying within Canadian jurisdiction, optimizing the performance and economy of traffic flows, and limiting the potential for extra-legal surveillance. [3] [4] [5] The YYCIX follows IXP best-practices, in that it is neutral and independent, has no mandatory fees, and is supported entirely through voluntary donations. The YYCIX is incorporated as a Canadian tax-exempt non-profit corporation. [6]

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Technology

The YYCIX is currently running on a variety of Cisco equipment, supporting speeds of 1 Gbit/s on copper, or 1 Gbit/s to 100 Gbit/s on fiber. The YYCIX provides NTP and an optional BGP route reflectors for multilateral peering. [7]

Both IPv4 and IPv6 peering is possible and encouraged at the YYCIX.

Availability

YYCIX is currently available in the following locations in Calgary:

DataHive - Data Centre

Q9 Calgary Three - Data Centre

Shaw (ViaWest Calgary) - Data Centre

Arrow Calgary - Data Centre

City of Calgary - City Hall

Rogers DC2

See also

References

  1. ↑ "YYCIX Participants" . Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  2. 1 2 "YYCIX Graphs" . Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  3. ↑ Jackson, Brian (September 30, 2013). "Canada must build routing infrastructure to skirt US snooping, CIRA says". ITBusiness.ca. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
  4. ↑ Schick, Shane (October 2, 2013). "The quest to keep Canada's Internet traffic in-country". Yahoo! Finance . Retrieved October 3, 2013.
  5. ↑ Woodcock, Bill; Edelman, Ben (September 12, 2012). "Toward Efficiencies in Canadian Internet Traffic Exchange" (PDF). Packet Clearing House. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 25, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  6. ↑ de Raadt, Theo (June 18, 2013). "An Internet Exchange for Calgary" (PDF). Retrieved October 3, 2013.
  7. ↑ "YYCIX News" . Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  8. ↑ "YYCIX Memorandum of Understanding" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-05-24.
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