News / August 30, 2012

IX Reach Becomes the First Reseller of the Milan IX, MIX

August, 2012: International layer 2 carrier, IX Reach, is very pleased to announce that it’s the first reseller of remote peering services at the Milan Internet Exchange (MIX) in Italy and has connected this highly regarded Internet exchange to its already expansive network covering Europe and North America. This new agreement will allow IX Reach customers wider coverage when entering the European market, providing them with direct, robust and secure connectivity and colocation into the Italian Internet Exchange (IX). MIX has over 80 members, and peak traffic of over 50Gbps making it the largest IXP in Italy. Using IX Reach to provide direct connections to MIX enables customers broader access through its comprehensive MPLS Ethernet network internationally; IX Reach can provide capacities ranging from 100Mbps to multiple 10Gbps from any on-net location to MIX, opening up the country to the rest of Europe and North America. Steve Wilcox, Founder and CTO of IX Reach commented “We’re proud to be the very first reseller of peering services for the Milan Internet Exchange and enable customers to easily connect to this well recognised Italian IX. At IX Reach we like to bring more of these key Points of Presence to our network so customers have a greater pool of choice for their requirements; we are sure MIX will prove a popular Internet Exchange and bring in customers from across Europe and North America.” IX Reach’s broad and far-reaching network footprint includes key cities across Europe and North America and within its International and Metro connectivity portfolio, IX Reach also offers Remote Peering enabling customers to connect to all of the major Internet Exchanges including; AMS-IX, DE-CIX, France IX, Equinix Paris, LINX and Netnod. Whatever your network needs, IX Reach is a one stop shop solutions provider who include each required element to an exact specification to improve businesses such as large corporates, content providers, ISPs and carriers ensuring a tailor made solution delivered over a robust and reliable network.