Frankfurt Internet Exchange
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The Frankfurt Internet Exchange (F-IX) is an Internet Exchange Point
located in Frankfurt
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In 2004 the exchange was acquired by XchangePoint Europe, an international network of internet exchanges. In 2005 XchangePoint was acquired by PacketExchange
.
Internet Exchange Point
An Internet exchange point is a physical infrastructure through which Internet service providers exchange Internet traffic between their networks . IXPs reduce the portion of an ISP's traffic which must be delivered via their upstream transit providers, thereby reducing the average per-bit...
located in Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
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In 2004 the exchange was acquired by XchangePoint Europe, an international network of internet exchanges. In 2005 XchangePoint was acquired by PacketExchange
PacketExchange
PacketExchange is a global network services provider based in London, UK. Founded in 2002 its network connects 45 points of presence across Europe, Asia and the United States over a private backbone consisting primarily of multiple 10 Gigabit Ethernet links over dedicated wavelengths on a diverse...
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