History
| Year | Peak traffic |
|---|---|
| 2002 | 12 Gbit/s |
| 2003 | 21 Gbit/s |
| 2004 | 48 Gbit/s |
| 2005 | 120 Gbit/s |
| 2006 | 220 Gbit/s |
| 2007 | 374 Gbit/s |
| 2008 | 440 Gbit/s |
| 2009 | 610 Gbit/s |
| 2010 | 1 TBit/s |
| 2011 | 1.2 TBit/s |
In February 1994, a layer 2 shared infrastructure, used between academic institutes, was connected with CERN to exchange traffic. Other internet service providers were allowed to connect and the name AMS-IX was first used. In 1997, the AMS-IX Association was founded by twenty of the connected internet service providers and carriers.
In 2002, the Netherlands Internet Exchange was founded as an alternative or backup for the Amsterdam Internet Exchange.
As of 5 January 2011 (2011 -01-05), AMS-IX connected 396 members on 684 ports. The all time peak of incoming traffic was 1.513 Tbit/s and of outgoing traffic 1.512 Tbit/s compared to 0.833 Tbit/s average incoming and outgoing, in January 2012.
The total amount of data transferred by month was (Avg. incoming and outgoing) 75,940 TB in November 2008. By April 2009, it had grown to 124,550 TB, 64% more traffic in a 5 month period.
These traffic speeds make the Amsterdam Internet Exchange the second largest internet exchange in the world, when measured by number of connected members and by internet traffic, before the Equinix (members) and behind the Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange (traffic).
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