Now, more than ever, the Internet has become a critical lifeline for billions of people around the world impacted by COVID-19. A vast portion of the workforce is working remotely. Students at every level are learning online. Fitness classes, religious services, and medical appointments have gone digital. Social interactions are…
On April 9th, 2018 three (billion) traffic flows, Heather, Mike and Josh, set out to supply the German Internet with content. They traveled to the Interxion FRA5 data center to a rendezvous with the DE-CIX switch, aka “The Blair Switch.” They were never seen again. What happened was only a…
Internet Exchanges (IX) play an important “efficiency” role in the practical matter of physically connecting the networks that comprise the Internet. IXs are facilities that provide space, power and connectivity to member networks—typically Internet Service Providers (ISPs), telecom, cable and mobile carriers, content providers, web enterprises and sophisticated enterprises such…