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Full name | NL-ix |
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Abbreviation | NL-ix |
Founded | 2002 |
Location | Netherlands |
Website | www.nl-ix.net |
Members | 661 |
Ports | 1762 |
Peers | 513 |
Peak in | 8.61 Tbit/s |
Peak out | 8.61 Tbit/s |
Daily in (avg.) | 1.08 Tbit/s |
Daily out (avg.) | 1.08 Tbit/s |
Year | Peak traffic [1] |
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2002 | 50 Mbit/s |
2003 | 800 Mbit/s |
2004 | 6.2 Gbit/s |
2005 | 10.0 Gbit/s |
2006 | 13.1 Gbit/s |
2007 | 16.3 Gbit/s |
2008 | 42.4 Gbit/s |
2009 | 40.3 Gbit/s |
2010 | 118.2 Gbit/s |
2011 | 146.7 Gbit/s |
2012 | 220.1 Gbit/s |
2013 | 403.9 Gbit/s |
2014 | 701.3 Gbit/s |
2015 | 1.3424 Tbit/s |
2023 | 7,98 Tbit/s |
2024 | 8,61 Tbit/s |
NL-ix (with the last two letters typeset in lowercase) - formerly known as Neutral Internet Exchange - is an Internet Exchange in Europe, which is distributed across ninety-six datacenters in sixteen European cities in eight countries by year-end 2023. [2] The exchange was founded in 2002 to serve as an alternative to the Amsterdam Internet Exchange. [3] As of March 2024, the peak traffic is 8.61 Tbit/s and 630 members are connected. [4] On March 4, 2011, it was announced that Dutch landline and mobile telecommunications company KPN had purchased and, subsequently, acquired the exchange. [5]
NL-ix members can connect at over 90 sites in 16 cities across 8 countries. [6]