Calgary Internet Exchange
| YYCIX | |
| Name | YYCIX Internet Exchange Community Ltd |
| Abbreviation | YYCIX |
| Founded | December, 2012 |
| Location |  Canada, Calgary, AB
|
| Website | yycix |
| Participants (as of December, 2015) | 22[1] |
| Daily traffic (as of October, 2016) | |
| - Max | 4,544 Mbit/s[2] |
| - Average | 1,929 Mbit/s[2] |
The YYCIX Internet Exchange Community Ltd (YYCIX) is an Internet exchange point in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is the first IXP in Alberta. It allows traffic between members to stay within the Canadian jurisdiction, optimizing the performance and economy of traffic flows, while 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]
Technology
The YYCIX is currently running on a variety of Cisco equipment, supporting speeds of 10Mbit/s/100Mbit/s on copper, or 1Gbit/s/10Gbit/s on copper or fiber. The YYCIX provides NTP and an optional BGP route reflector 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
- Suite 300, 840 – 7th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta
- Signed a Memorandum of Understanding which provides no-cost cross-connects to members inside its data centre [8]
- Colocation, many carriers, Hurricane Electric
- YYCIX switch ports: Copper, 1G SM/MM, 10G SM/MM
Q9 Calgary Three - Data Centre
- 5300 86 Ave SE, Calgary, Alberta
- Colocation, many carriers
- YYCIX switch ports: 1G/10G/25G/40G/100G SM/MM
Shaw (ViaWest Calgary) - Data Centre
- 7007 69 Ave SE, Calgary, Alberta
- Colocation, many carriers
- YYCIX switch ports: 1G/10G SM/MM
City of Calgary - City Hall
- City of Calgary, 800 Macleod Trail SE, Calgary, Alberta
- No colocation permitted, only provides circuit connects to YYCIX
- YYCIX switch ports: 1G SM, 10G SM
See also
References
- ^ "YYCIX Participants". Retrieved 2015-12-03.
- ^ a b "YYCIX Graphs". Retrieved 2016-10-12.
- ^ Jackson, Brian (September 30, 2013). "Canada must build routing infrastructure to skirt US snooping, CIRA says". ITBusiness.ca. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
- ^ Schick, Shane (October 2, 2013). "The quest to keep Canada's Internet traffic in-country". Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
- ^ Woodcock, Bill; Edelman, Ben (September 12, 2012). "Toward Efficiencies in Canadian Internet Traffic Exchange" (pdf). Packet Clearing House. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
- ^ de Raadt, Theo (June 18, 2013). "An Internet Exchange for Calgary" (PDF). Retrieved October 3, 2013.
- ^ "YYCIX News". Retrieved 2013-10-03.
- ^ "YYCIX Memorandum of Understanding" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-05-24.