Seattle Internet Exchange
The Seattle Internet Exchange (SIX) is an Internet Exchange Point situated in the Westin Building in Seattle, WA, in the USA. The SIX is a fast growing, neutral and independent peering point which was created as a free exchange point sponsored only by donations. It continues to run without any re-occurring charges to the participants and current major funding comes from one-time 10 Gbit/s port fees. The SIX is a 501(c)(6) tax-exempt non-profit corporation.
As of April 18th, 2013 there are 167 routers at the Seattle Internet Exchange (SIX) advertising at least 90,000 unique BGP routes.
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