Slovenian Internet Exchange

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Slovenian Internet Exchange
Full name Slovenian Internet Exchange
Abbreviation SIX
Location Ljubljana, Slovenia
Website http://www.arnes.si/infrastructure/six-slovenian-internet-exchange/
Peers 26
Peak 55 Gbit/s
Daily (avg.) 21 Gbit/s

Slovenian Internet Exchange (SIX) is a Slovenian internet exchange point.

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Internet exchange point Internet infrastructure through which ISPs exchange traffic

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As of April 2014, the SIX interconnects 26 Internet service providers [1] on two locations in Ljubljana, one being in Jožef Stefan Institute and secondary in Ljubljana Technology Park. They are managed by Academic and Research Network of Slovenia. SIX's average yearly traffic is 21 Gbit/s reaching peaks of 55 Gbit/s [2] making it the most significant exchange point in Slovenia.

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The Academic and Research Network of Slovenia is a public institute in Slovenia, established in May 1992. Its main task is development, operation and management of the communication and information network for education and research. ARNES also operates the Slovenian Internet Exchange. The members of its management board are appointed by the Government of Slovenia.

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References

  1. "SIX members" . Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  2. "Traffic Analysis for SIX backbone Aggregated traffic" . Retrieved 25 April 2014.