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Mission:
The OttIX (Ottawa Internet eXchange) has been formed with the sole
intention of bringing Internet service providers, large corporate entities,
and educational facilities in the Ottawa area closer together. By doing so,
we can strengthen the Internet community while providing a mutually
beneficial and free public peering point for all local Internet traffic.
Are You OttIX Connected?. If not, ask
your ISP about it. OttIX runs both IPv6 and IPv4.
Here is a film
describing what an Internet Exchange (IX) is, produced by EuroIX.
Currently, nearly all Internet traffic in Ottawa is back-hauled through
Toronto or Montreal (and in some cases, on through to the US before coming
back to Canada). In such a situation, Ottawa « - »
Toronto bandwidth is too valuable a resource to needlessly waste on
same-city Internet traffic. Finally, however, we can avoid this senseless
waste of resources by having networks in Ottawa peer directly with each other.
This benefits Internet-connected entities in several ways:
- Most Internet transit through large backbone providers (UUNet, Sprint, AT&T, Bell) can be
quite costly. By utilizing a single-point public peering situation, transit costs can be greatly
reduced, as the more expensive transit bandwidth can be spared.
- Networks will be closer together. In the typical situation, these circuits will be less
saturated than a network's primary uplinks. This will provide all parties concerned with faster,
more constant transfer rates.
- The addition of a connection to OttIX can make any entity more stable. It provides for the
capability to continue functioning fully to Ottawa-based sites when other traffic routing or
network issues arise.
Architecturally, OttIX is a distributed layer-2 IPv4 multicast and unicast IX, as well as an
IPv6 multicast and unicast IX. Any peer that wishes to use either protocol
or both, is welcome to do so.
Total OttIX traffic for the past 24 hours:
OttIX trend on the year (average):
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