CIXP

CERN is one of the largest sources of scientific data in the world. To distribute this data to hundreds of collaborating institutes worldwide, CERN requires excellent network connectivity... CIXP is open to all Internet Service Providers (ISP). While natural partners are those ISPs with a Point of Presence in Switzerland or France, CIXP membership is open to all organisations that can benefit from peering their IP traffic... The CIXP was formally established on January 1st, 1996 using standard Ethernet switching technology. In 1989 the first pan-European internet backbone was established through CERN, and in 1990 the first T1 connection to NSFnet in the USA was made. At the time, trans-Atlantic speeds were at a record 1.5Mb/s, about 10% of today's ADSL for home-use.

Also known as: CERN