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A decade of price cuts emphasises LINX's commitment to lowering peering costs for its members

The London Internet Exchange (LINX) has announced that prices for its 10GigE ports - already the lowest of any of the largest international IXPs - are now even cheaper following a further 5% cut.

Over the last decade all LINX prices have dropped by anything from 20 to 80% with the LINX joining fee and traffic charges being abolished altogether. LINX now has over 350 members from 50 countries with more peers on a single LAN than any other Internet exchange point. In addition LINX has more sites over a greater metro area, plus access to more Internet routes, than any IXP in the world.

LINX Chief Executive Officer, John Souter, said: "LINX has a very strong belief in the importance of the member-owned Internet exchange model and strives to make peering as cost-effective as possible for all its members. Reducing our 10GigE port fees is just one of the ways that LINX is helping build a stronger and more resilient Internet for everyone."

The LINX website contains full details of the new fee structure which can be viewed here: www.linx.net/govern/servicesfees

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Notes to editors:

1. LINX (www.linx.net) is a mutual, not-for-profit organisation whose 330-plus members include 58 of the top 100 global network operators*, almost all UK Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and content providers plus many from the Americas, mainland Europe, the Far East and Africa.
*Total Telecom Global 100, 2009.

2. LINX was formed in 1994 when five ISPs recognised that there were considerable operational benefits to exchanging traffic between their networks in the UK. From the beginning every LINX member has had an equal vote in the management of the organisation.

3. The connection of networks at an Internet exchange point such as LINX is known as 'peering'. Network operators use public peering across the dual LINX Ethernet networks to exchange traffic with any other member by mutual agreement. LINX also offers a managed private network interconnect facility which is used for large traffic flows between two members.

4. LINX has a presence at ten London sites connected by secure fibre and DWDM links. The core of the network currently operates across a 12x10G Ethernet link. The extent and geographic resilience of the network was enhanced in 2008 with the addition of three new points of presence, each outside the main Docklands data centre area in east London.

5. The Internet traffic at LINX consists of a wide variety of data including streaming media, website downloads, business information and emails. Peak LINX traffic is the equivalent of 1,600,000 simultaneous Internet video streams.

For more information on LINX:
Jeremy Orbell
The London Internet Exchange
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7645 3505
pr@linx.net