The London Internet Providers EXchange ("LIPEX") is an Internet Exchange Point

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 London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

. It was founded in 2001 by three directors of commercial Internet Service Provider

Internet service provider

An Internet service provider is a company that provides access to the Internet. Access ISPs directly connect customers to the Internet using copper wires, wireless or fiber-optic connections. Hosting ISPs lease server space for smaller businesses and host other people servers...

s: Panny Malialis of Hotlinks, Chris Smith of The Communication Gateway Ltd and Boyan Marinkovich of Routo Telecom Ltd as a free of charge Internet Exchange Point

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...

 sponsored by Allied Telesyn. In 2002 Panny Malialis took over sole running of LIPEX and changed it into a commercial business, which is how it is run today

Lipex currently offers services in 6 POPS:

• Star Suite, Telehouse North
• Telehouse North
• Telehouse East
• TeleCityRedbus Harbour Exchange
  Redbus Interhouse
  Telecity Group plc , is a European carrier-neutral datacentre and Colocation centre provider. They specialise in the design, build and management of highly connected, resilient and secure environments in which customers can house their telecoms, internet and IT infrastructure...
  
  
• TeleCityRedbus Sovereign House
  Redbus Interhouse
  Telecity Group plc , is a European carrier-neutral datacentre and Colocation centre provider. They specialise in the design, build and management of highly connected, resilient and secure environments in which customers can house their telecoms, internet and IT infrastructure...
  
  
• TeleCityRedbus Meridian Gate
  Redbus Interhouse
  Telecity Group plc , is a European carrier-neutral datacentre and Colocation centre provider. They specialise in the design, build and management of highly connected, resilient and secure environments in which customers can house their telecoms, internet and IT infrastructure...
  
  

See also

Some other Internet exchange points in London:

• London Internet Exchange
  London Internet Exchange
  The London Internet Exchange is an Internet exchange point situated in London. It was founded in 1994 by a group of Internet service providers. LINX is a founder member of , a Europe-wide alliance of Internet Exchanges...
  
   (LINX)
• London Network Access Point
  LONAP
  London Network Access Point is a London-based Internet exchange point founded in 1997 as a membership organisation and currently has almost 100 members, making it the 2nd largest IXP in the UK and around the 15th largest IXP in the World by membership...
  
   (LONAP)
• Packet Exchange
• Redbus Internet Exchange
  Redbus Internet Exchange
  The Redbus Internet Exchange was a not-for-profit neutral Internet Exchange Point situated in London, widely considered to be a vanity project of two small Docklands Internet service providers, Othello Technology and Netegral...
  
   (RBIEX)
• XchangePoint