The Western Australian Internet Exchange (WAIX) was formed in 1997 as a neutral Internet Exchange Point in Perth, Australia. Its three founding members were iiNet, Omen Internet and Wantree Internet. Today WAIX has over 50 peers and facilitates the transfer of over a gigabit per second.
The exchange is a project of the Western Australian Internet Association which acts as the corporate patron of the project, although the facility is self-funded on a not-for-profit basis through modest access fees. WAIX is the longest running exchange point in Australia.
The facility is located in the QV.1 building in central Perth, and most Western Australian ISPs and all data passing through the Kalgoorlie Satellite Gateway peer at the facility. The exchange has a compulsory Multi-Lateral Peering Agreement MLPA, however bi-lateral interconnection at the facility is welcome in addition to the MLPA.
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