Membership
Membership is open to all companies capable of connecting to the Exchange at 151 Front Street West, and have their own Autonomous System Number (ASN). The typical peer is an ISP, communications company or a Content Delivery Network, though overall membership includes a broad range of enterprise companies, government, and educational institutions. Peers have autonomous control over their routing policies at the Exchange, and may peer with as few or as many as desired. The Exchange does encourage use of the Route-Servers.
Members are not required to have their own Provider-Independent Address Space, but it is recommended. For those that do not, and who wish to join the Exchange, companies are asked to provide a Letter of Authority from their ISP permitting them to advertise their IPv4 or IPv6 prefixes.
Organizations wishing to connect to TorIX can arrange colocation for their equipment with one of the many companies operating at 151 Front Street West, or use long-haul Ethernet transport through a third-party provider capable of physically connecting to the Exchange.
Justification for joining the Toronto Internet Exchange is typical to most IXPs: financial and network performance.
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