Athens Internet Exchange Explained

The Athens Internet Exchange (https://web.archive.org/web/20080315061014/http://www.aix.gr/) was until January 2010 the main Internet Exchange Point in Greece, offering peering connectivity between the largest commercial ISPs as well as the academic network organization, GRNET. Operational authorities were GRNET along with the Network Operations Centre of the National Technical University of Athens. It operated under the auspices of the Hellenic National Telecommunications and Posts Committee the Greek regulator.

AIX members were the following ISPs:

1. 1. 1. GRNET Forthnet Hellas OnLine
2. Altec Telecoms
   1. 1. Net One Vivodi Verizon Hellas
   2. On Telecoms Otenet
3. ORANGE BUSINESS SERVICES
4. AT&T Global Network Services Hellas
5. Vodafone NET
   1. Wind Tellas
6. Lannet

AIX was a founding member of European Internet Exchange Association (Euro-IX)

In January 2010, AIX was replaced by the Greek Internet Exchange.

External links

• [netmon diagrams] : http://netmon.grnet.gr/traffic/athens-3/grnet.aix.gr.html
• IXP [industry definition of an IXP] : https://web.archive.org/web/20080724121417/http://www.euro-ix.net/about/whatis.php
• Internet exchange points
• European Internet Exchange Association
• Packet Clearing House

Directory of Internet Exchange Points