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QW-IX
What is QW-IX?
The QW-IX was established in 2020 as a neutral Internet exchange at H5 Data Centers’ Eastern Washington data center campus.
Our mission is to facilitate the peering of domestic and international Internet traffic in Quincy and Washington State generally.
The QW-IX is designed to support the growing peering community of communications carriers, cloud service providers and content delivery networks at 1711 M Street NE and throughout the state of Washington. The QW-IX can support 1G, 10G or 100G port speeds and we offers optional route server access for peering.
Pricing
Includes:
The above prices include the cross connection costs from the point of presence (POP) within an H5 Data Centers colocation area or the Main Distribution Frame (MDF) within the Meet-Me Room at 1711 M Street to the QW-IX exchange. If you would like to peer on the QW-IX, please email us at Internet.Exchange@h5datacenters.com.
IX Extensions Available:
In addition to QW-IX, we can also help facilitate connectivity to The SIX or NWAX via circuits back to our Seattle or Portland Colocations which host remote switches for these exchanges. Please contact us at Internet.Exchange@h5datacenters.com for details.
About the Seattle Internet Exchange
The Seattle Internet Exchange (SIX) was established in April 1997 as a private interconnection between two ISP’s in Seattle’s Westin building, whose traffic was traveling from Seattle to Texas and back just to cross from one side of the floor to the other. Starting in June 1997, other ISP’s became interested in interconnecting, and the SIX became active June 20, 1997. Networks began to participate in the SIX due to the low/no cost involved, and it began to grow.
Faced with a growing number of participants and a rather ad hoc arrangement of hubs/switches and cable termination points, early members of the exchange petitioned the building for a neutral space. The building management obliged and allocated space for the SIX adjacent to the building’s T1/T3 (and later fiber) meet-me rooms. This provided the SIX with a neutral, provider independent home.
About the Northwest Access Exchange (NWAX)
Northwest Access Exchange started as an idea at Portland State University in 2001 and grew to involve Oregon Health & Science University. On January 1, 2014, operation of the NWAX transitioned from Oregon Health Science University / Portland State University over to a new, independent not-for-profit 501(c)(6) organization that was formed to operate the Internet exchange going forward. The new entity is operated by volunteers from our membership base and the board of directors are elected annually by the members.