SwissIX is a volunteer-run internet exchange point in Switzerland that provides mostly free ports. It has recently upgraded to support 10 Gigabit ports and replaced equipment with funding from sponsors. As of May 2008, SwissIX had 83 participants across 8 locations in Switzerland and had become a full member of the European Internet Exchange Association. Future plans included expanding 10 Gigabit connectivity and adding a second site.

1. SwissIX: short update SwiNOG #16 May 14, 2008 Fredy Künzler (still) President of the SwissIX Association [email_address]

2. Reminder: SwissIX is a volounteer driven Internet Exchange with many sponsors – therefore all*) ports are *FREE* ! *) almost

3. SwissIX is now 10Gig enabled and active!

4. 10Gig participants pay a one-time fee of CHF 12000 (SR Multimode) or CHF 13500 (LR Singlemode) per port. No recurring fees!

5. New gear (Foundry Networks RX-8) was sponsored by SWITCH and Init7 and replaced one of the two Extreme Blackdiamond 6800.

6. SwissIX today (May 14, 2008)‏ 83 active participants (ASN)‏ (-1 Deckpoint)‏ (April 20, 2005)‏ 37 active participants

7. SwissIX today (May 14, 2008)‏ 21 ports in setup procedure (April 20, 2005)‏ 10 ports in setup procedure

8. SwissIX today (May 14, 2008)‏ 93 active ports: ~ 3 10GigEthernet ~ 31 GigaEthernet ~ 59 FastEthernet (April 20, 2005)‏ 41 active ports: ~ 3 GigaEthernet ~ 38 FastEthernet

9. SwissIX today (May 14, 2008) - 8 active locations with participants: InterXion Glattbrugg, bâldata Basel, Equinix 1 + 2 Zurich, colobern.ch, Layer One Zurich, ICT Center Vaduz, colozüri.ch (2005: 5 active locations)‏ - 1 future location: ICT Center Zurich

10. Euro-IX: SwissIX is now a full member of the European Internet Exchange Association. To the last four Euro-IX forums in Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Vienna and Stockholm, SwissIX sent its own delegation. www.euro-ix.net

11. Future developments: - 10Gig Challenge / 2 nd Site InterXion - more funding required - Connectivity sponsor (wavelength) required for Zurich-Geneva to bring Equinix Geneva online, a long term wish of our colleagues from the „Welschland“ - new president required

12. Questions? Happy Peering! www.swissix.ch www.swissix.ch/how_to_get_connected.php