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The Atlanta Internet Exchange (AtlantaIX) is an Internet Exchange Point situated in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. AtlantaIX is a fast growing, neutral and independent peering point. The beginnings of the AtlantaIX can be traced back to 1997. The current version of the AtlantaIX was reestablished on September 04, 2003 by Michael Lucking, GreatAccess.com, WvFiber and 56 Marietta Street Partners. AtlantaIX was originally created as a free exchange point sponsored by the donations of the founders. Today AtlantaIX continues to run without any re-occurring charges to the participants. In 2007 one time port fee were instituted to aid in paying for recently upgraded switch infrastructure. In January 2007, Michael Lucking purchased a new Foundry Networks Jetcore 15000 in order to support 10 gigabit Ethernet connections.
As of September 2, 2007 there were 56 registered (40 active) participants of the AtlantaIX advertising over 20,000 unique BGP routes.
Technology
The AtlantaIX operates two Foundry Network switches operating as a single logical networks or switching platform. Participants can connect via 100baseTX, 1000baseSX, 1000baseLX, or 10000baseLR connections. AtlantaIX also offers aggregated links, which are used to provide speeds beyond 1 Gb/s. The bundling of two 1 Gbit/s ethernet connections can provide speeds of 2 Gbit/s, and so on. While these are still in use, some participants are now upgrading to 10 Gigabit Ethernet.
Location
- 56 Marietta St NW
- 2nd Floor, Cage M33
- Atlanta, GA 30303
History
The original Atlanta Internet Exchange was created in February 1997 by Bay Networks, Epoch Networks, Siemens Business Services, and GridNet. Then know as AIX, the peering point provided 10BaseT, T1 and DS3 connectivity. The AIX was located with the Atlanta POP of Epoch Networks. AIX never became a popular Internet Exchange Point, in part to the high re-occurring costs of connecting to the switch. In March 2000 Michael Lucking, then an employee of Epoch Networks, decommissioned the equipment. In mid 2003 while meeting with a group of other peering coordinators in the Atlanta Area, Michael decided to resurrect the exchange. By August of 2003, Michael had worked a deal with 56 Marietta to provide space and power, WvFiber to provide the first switch and GreatAccess.com to provide domain hosting, and any costs for domain names, and IP address registration fees. The new AtlantaIX operated at no expense to participants. In January of 2007, Michael provided a second switch capable of supporting 10 Gigabit Ethernet connection. The AtlantaIX then began charging a one time port fee to aid in paying back the costs of the recently upgraded switch infrastructure.
See also
List of Internet Exchange Points by size
External links
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