Internet Neutral Exchange
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Internet Neutral Exchange (INEX) is an Internet exchange located in the Republic of Ireland, with points of presence in Dublin at Citywest and Kilcarbery Park.
The system provides a modern layer 2 ethernet switching network supporting IPv4, IPv6 and facilitating multicast peerings on several vlans, with supported access speeds of 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s and 1Gb/s. The membership of INEX includes most of the large Internet service providers (ISPs) based in Ireland.
Internet Neutral Exchange Association Limited is incorporated as a company limited by guarantee and registered at the Companies Registration Office in Dublin. Each of its members is entitled to vote at general meetings. INEX maintains an executive board of 7 people, elected from its member representatives, and all board members must resign after two consecutive years service. Board members may be re-elected.
History
Planning for INEX started in 1996 and it became operational in May 1997 with the backing of its four founding members; EUnet Ireland, HEAnet, Indigo, Telecom Internet with the objective of locally exchanging IP traffic between Irish based ISPs, rather than using an external exchange or transit providers.