IX-West
Headquartered in , Colorado
Internet Exchange Operator
IX-West is a Colorado-based non-profit organization dedicated to providing open, neutral, community-oriented, and membership-driven Internet, IT, and Telecommunication interconnectivity in the greater Rocky Mountain West. Their primary objective is to offer a variety of interconnection options for organizations throughout Colorado and beyond.
At its core, IX-West operates a series of Interconnection eXchanges (IXs), which are physical infrastructures that allow participating organizations to directly interconnect their networks. The first IX-West IX, IX-Denver, serves the Denver metro area and has expanded to become the largest internet exchange in the Rocky Mountain region.
IX-West is committed to operating in an open, neutral, and community-focused manner, with a Board of Directors elected by its members. The organization aims to provide lower-cost and more secure alternatives to traditional ISP services through peering, offering additional value-added services such as private interconnection, layer 2 and layer 3 connectivity options, route servers, and DNS root servers.
Organizations that join IX-West can benefit from reduced ISP/Transit bills, increased security, and improved quality of experience by bypassing internet congestion. State and local governments also benefit by keeping traffic local, reducing business costs, and increasing internet stability.
At its core, IX-West operates a series of Interconnection eXchanges (IXs), which are physical infrastructures that allow participating organizations to directly interconnect their networks. The first IX-West IX, IX-Denver, serves the Denver metro area and has expanded to become the largest internet exchange in the Rocky Mountain region.
IX-West is committed to operating in an open, neutral, and community-focused manner, with a Board of Directors elected by its members. The organization aims to provide lower-cost and more secure alternatives to traditional ISP services through peering, offering additional value-added services such as private interconnection, layer 2 and layer 3 connectivity options, route servers, and DNS root servers.
Organizations that join IX-West can benefit from reduced ISP/Transit bills, increased security, and improved quality of experience by bypassing internet congestion. State and local governments also benefit by keeping traffic local, reducing business costs, and increasing internet stability.