WORK-IX
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WORK-IX Internet Exchange Point
situated in Hamburg
(Germany
).
Founded in 2002 by Hamburg ISP n@work, it enjoyed some growth mainly with other regional players and Content Delivery Network
s.
In 2007, DE-CIX
acquired WORK-IX and took over operations. It continues to provide interconnections for regional traffic. It is open to both eco members and the general public.
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 Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
(Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
).
Founded in 2002 by Hamburg ISP n@work, it enjoyed some growth mainly with other regional players and Content Delivery Network
Content Delivery Network
A content delivery network or content distribution network is a system of computers containing copies of data placed at various nodes of a network....
s.
In 2007, DE-CIX
DE-CIX
Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange is an Internet Exchange Point situated in Frankfurt ....
acquired WORK-IX and took over operations. It continues to provide interconnections for regional traffic. It is open to both eco members and the general public.