Lyon Internet Exchange
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Lyon Internet Exchange, better known as Lyonix, is the GIX located in Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....

, Rhone, Rhone-Alpes, France.

It offers services for providers in Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....

 to exchange traffic and increase quality of the bandwidth use.

Lyonix is managed by a non profit organization (French Association Loi 1901). It operates two points of presence. It's the first exchange point in Lyon. Two Cisco
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6506 are supporting the service. Lyonix has a 365/24/7 NOC and manage services for its members such as VLans... It has large (such as FranceTelecom or NeufCegetel or Renater) and small local members...

It started in 2001 and a new impulse was given at the end of 2006 when Lyonix received funds from the Greater Lyon and the Rhone-Alpes Region.

Some private partners helped Lyonix in the past years such as IBM or Accelance.
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