The Boston Internet Exchange is an Internet exchange point in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The Boston IX is owned and operated by Markley Group, hosted in Markley's One Summer Street, Boston datacenter and their Prince Avenue, Lowell datacenter.

The domain bostonix.net was registered by Patrick Gilmore in 2010 and was donated to the exchange. In 2012 the Boston IX went online with the Free Software Foundation as its first participant.

Boston Internet Exchange

The exchange point supports IPv4 and IPv6 unicast peering, as well as private virtual network interconnects.

Boston Internet Exchange

Some consider the Boston IX to be the successor of the now defunct Boston MXP started by MAI.net and Vincent Bono. Initially in 2007, Barton Bruce from Global NAPs and TowardEX Technologies had planned to replace the aging Boston MXP due to Global NAPs closing down its business.

Boston Internet Exchange

See also

Internet Exchange Point

List of Internet exchange points

References

External links

Official Boston Internet Exchange website

profile on PeeringDB

Partnering carriers

Infrastructure in Boston

Internet exchange points in the United States

Network access

Telecommunications in the United States

Communications in Massachusetts