Winnipeg added to Canada’s network of Internet Exchange Points

Public invited to MBIX’s first-ever Annual General Meeting

Winnipeg – September 24, 2013 – A coalition of community partners and the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (www.CIRA.ca), will launch Canada’s newest Internet exchange point (IXP) in Winnipeg on September 25, 2013. The establishment of the Manitoba Internet Exchange (MBIX) represents another key step toward creating a more robust domestic Internet for Canada.

Over the past two years, CIRA has been working closely with interested community members in major cities across Canada to support the creation of an expanded IXP infrastructure. In April 2013, the Montreal Internet Exchange was launched in Montreal, a direct result of CIRA’s initiative.

Continue reading Launch Party and AGM Press Release

For anyone watching our traffic graphs, you might wonder why the traffic is not the regular ebb and flow typically seen on IXPs.  The majority of the traffic is flowing through Akamai, and they have not yet finalized the configuration which will lead to stable traffic flows.  The work to tweak the node for correct performance is ongoing, so we may still see large surges until work is completed.