Seattle Internet Exchange

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Name Seattle Internet Exchange
Abbreviation SIX
Founded April 1997
Location Seattle, WA, USA
Homepage www.seattleix.net
Participants 177[1]
Month Traffic  
- Max 235 Gbit/s[2]
- Average 160 Gbit/s[2]
Westin Building. The Primary Home of the Seattle Internet Exchange

The Seattle Internet Exchange (SIX) is an internet exchange point in Seattle, USA. It has two locations in the city: the Westin Building and Fisher Plaza. The SIX is a fast growing,[citation needed] neutral and independent peering point which was created as a free exchange point sponsored only by donations. It continues to run without any re-occurring charges to the participants and current major funding comes from one-time 10 Gbit/s port fees. The SIX is a 501(c)(6) tax-exempt non-profit corporation.

As of January 14, 2014 there are 185 routers at the Seattle Internet Exchange (SIX) advertising at least 90,000 unique BGP routes.

Technology

The core of the Seattle Internet Exchange (SIX) is an Arista Networks 7508 and a Cisco Catalyst 6509 at the Westin Building and an Extreme Networks X670 at Fisher Plaza.[3] Participants may connect to the SIX core using a 1 Gbit/s or 10 Gbit/s Ethernet connection (fiber) or to one of several extensions. Many of the extensions are sponsored by the colocation facilities in the building, and many of these extensions support 100BASE-TX or greater connections.

Both IPv4 and IPv6 peering is available and encouraged at the SIX, availability is dependent on peer.

Extensions

The following is a list of the extensions connected to the SIX:[3]

  • Cipherkey: Connects participants in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • ColoCenters: 18th floor of the Westin Building.
  • Equinix: PAIX SEA, which is a neutral Internet exchange point operated by Equinix in Seattle, Washington.
  • FiberCloud: 18th and 19th floor of the Westin Building.
  • InstaVPS: Connects participants in Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • Layer42: Connects to Layer42's MPLS-enabled backbone which includes San Jose, California and Ashburn, Virginia. This was the first extension to connect participants outside of the Westin Building.
  • Sabey Data Centers' Intergate Xchange (IGX): Pending.
  • Spectrum Transport Network: Regional network.
  • Swift Communications: 20th floor of the Westin Building.

References

  1. ↑ "SIX Participants". Retrieved 2014-01-14. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "SIX Aggregate Traffic Graphs". Retrieved 2014-01-14. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "SIX Topology & Extensions". Retrieved 2013-04-18. 

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