Greek Internet Exchange
Encyclopedia
The Greek Internet Exchange (GR-IX) is an Internet exchange point
situated in Athens
, in Greece
. It was founded in 2009 in order to replace the Athens Internet Exchange
as the principal Internet Exchange Point in Greece, which was achieved in January 2010. GR-IX is non-profit, independent and is supervised by the Greek Research and Technology Network (GRNET). GR-IX is a member of the European Internet Exchange Association.
(AIX) was created by GRNET in 1997, to provide interconnection services between the Greek ISPs. By the late 1990s, the way AIX was set up was not completely satisfactory to the member ISPs: since AIX was located in Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE) facilities, providers had to lease lines from OTE in order to connect to AIX. Additionally, ISPs had the right to charge other members for exchanged traffic, a right sometimes overused by the larger providers. To deal with these issues, GRNET decided in 2008 to create a new exchange, GR-IX. GR-IX went operational in 2009 and by January 2010 all AIX members had completed their move to GR-IX.
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Internet Exchange Point
An Internet exchange point is a physical infrastructure through which Internet service providers exchange Internet traffic between their networks . IXPs reduce the portion of an ISP's traffic which must be delivered via their upstream transit providers, thereby reducing the average per-bit...
situated in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, in Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
. It was founded in 2009 in order to replace the Athens Internet Exchange
Athens Internet Exchange
The Athens Internet Exchange was until January 2010 the main Internet Exchange Point in Greece, offering peering connectivity between the largest commercial ISPs as well as the academic network organization, GRNET. Operational authorities were GRNET along with the Network Operations Centre of the...
as the principal Internet Exchange Point in Greece, which was achieved in January 2010. GR-IX is non-profit, independent and is supervised by the Greek Research and Technology Network (GRNET). GR-IX is a member of the European Internet Exchange Association.
History
The predecessor of GR-IX, Athens Internet ExchangeAthens Internet Exchange
The Athens Internet Exchange was until January 2010 the main Internet Exchange Point in Greece, offering peering connectivity between the largest commercial ISPs as well as the academic network organization, GRNET. Operational authorities were GRNET along with the Network Operations Centre of the...
(AIX) was created by GRNET in 1997, to provide interconnection services between the Greek ISPs. By the late 1990s, the way AIX was set up was not completely satisfactory to the member ISPs: since AIX was located in Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE) facilities, providers had to lease lines from OTE in order to connect to AIX. Additionally, ISPs had the right to charge other members for exchanged traffic, a right sometimes overused by the larger providers. To deal with these issues, GRNET decided in 2008 to create a new exchange, GR-IX. GR-IX went operational in 2009 and by January 2010 all AIX members had completed their move to GR-IX.
Members
The member ISPs of GR-IX are:- GRNETGRNETThe Greek Research and Technology Network or GRNET is the national research and education network of Greece. GRNET develops and provides advanced services of national and international internet access to the Research, Academic and Education communities of Greece, with its gigabit GRNET2 network...
- ForthnetForthnetForthnet S.A. is a Greek Internet Service Provider established in October 1995 by Minoan Lines SA and theFoundation for Research & Technology - Hellas , also known as FORTH....
- OTEOTEHellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. , usually known by its Greek initials OTE, is the dominant telecommunications provider in Greece. Formerly a state-owned monopoly, OTE was part-privatized in 1998 and is now listed on the Athens and New York Stock Exchanges...
- Hellas On-LineHellas On-Linehellas online is one of the leading Greek fixed-line telephony services providers based in Athens. hellas online is member of the Intracom Holdings group since 2006, is one of the first Internet providers in Greece to offer public dial-up Internet services, and has since evolved from an ISP,...
- On TelecomsOn TelecomsOn Telecoms is a Greek telecommunications company offering triple play, double play and fixed telephony services in Athens and Thessaloniki through Local Loop Unbundling....
- CytaCYTACYTA is the national telecommunications provider of Cyprus.The Cyprus Telecommunications Authority , a semi-governmental organisation incorporated by law, is the leading provider of Integrated Electronic Communications in Cyprus...
- Vivodi TelecomVivodi TelecomVivodi is a private telecom operator in Greece that offers low telephone rates for OTE subscribers through call-by-call, carrier preselection or prepaid cards, and for business customers, also offering leased line solutions.-ADSL:...
- WIND Hellas
- Vodafone GreeceVodafone GreeceVodafone Greece is the Greek subsidiary of Vodafone. Its headquarters are in Halandri - one of the northern suburbs of Athens.Vodafone Greece was established in Greece in 1992 – under the trade name Panafon – with the participation of Vodafone Group Plc., France Telecom, Intracom and Data Bank, and...
- Net One
- Orange Business Services
- Verizon CommunicationsVerizon CommunicationsVerizon Communications Inc. is a global broadband and telecommunications company and a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average...
Network
GR-IX is located at 48 King Constantinos Street, at a building owned by the National Hellenic Research FoundationNational Hellenic Research Foundation
The National Hellenic Research Foundation is a research center in Athens, Greece,- Research Institutes :* The Institute of Neohellenic Research * The Institute of Byzantine Research * The Institute of Greek and Roman Antiquity...
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External links
- Greek Internet Exchange (official website in Greek)
- Connected parties
- Traffic statistics
- European Internet Exchange Association entry