Hosting365 Joins INEX

Hosting365 announces it has been accepted as a member of INEX, (Internet Neutral Exchange), Ireland 's only Internet Exchange, located in Dublin . Hosting365 is the first non-ISP organisation to join. 

INEX's objective is to provide high-speed, reliable and resilient IP traffic exchange facilities for both Irish and International Internet service providers, allowing them to route IP traffic efficiently within Ireland and thereby provide faster, more reliable and lower-latency Internet access for their customers. 

The acceptance of Hosting365 as its tenth member marks a milestone for the Association. Membership is open to any organisation that has its own Autonomous System (AS) number for routing IP traffic.

Barry Rhodes, General Manager of INEX , welcomed Hosting365 as the newest member of the Exchange. "Internet users are becoming increasingly more sophisticated," he says. "They require high-speed Internet connectivity services without contention. 

By peering with other carriers, ISPs and content providers through the INEX Internet Exchange, organisations can cut their transit costs (peering is generally free) and also benefit from better performance.

Rhodes says: "We aim to promote this advantage of being on the inside of the Internet Services 'community', with first hand knowledge of what is going on."