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AS112 Anycast DNS Server

Thorleif Wiik — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:43:29 +0000

Thanks to our member IN-BERLIN you can now reach AS112 DNS server through BCIX via IPv4 and IPv6. AS112 server will response to PTR queries for RFC1918, dynamic DNS updates and other ambiguous addresses like:

10.0.0.0/8
172.16.0.0/12
169.254.0.0/16
192.168.0.0/16

The AS112 anycast service will improve DNS response times for this type of DNS queries for networks which are connected to BCIX.

New BCIX peer: Hurricane Electric / AS6939

Steffen David — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:18:54 +0000

"Hurricane Electric operates its own global IPv4 and IPv6 network and is considered the largest IPv6 backbone in the world as measured by number of networks connected. Hurricane Electric offers IPv4 and IPv6 transit solutions over the same connection at speeds up to 10 Gbps and greater. Within its global network, the company has 45 major exchange points with connectivity to more than 1,700 different networks. Employing a resilient fiber-optic topology, Hurricane Electric has no less than four redundant paths crossing North America, two separate paths between the U.S. and Europe, and rings in Europe and Asia. In addition to its vast global network, Hurricane Electric owns and operates two data centers in Fremont, California – including Hurricane Electric Fremont 2, its newest 200,000 square-foot facility."
Hurricane Electric is operating an ipv6 tunnel broker service in Berlin and is peering with the BCIX public route servers.

Kabel Deutschland 20Gbps upgrade

Thorleif Wiik — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:25:29 +0000

Kabel Deutschland upgrade it’s BCIX connection to 20Gbps. Kabel Deutschland (KD), Germany’s largest cable operator, offers its customers digital, high definition (HD) and analogue TV, Pay TV and DVR offerings, Video-on-Demand, broadband Internet (up to 100,000 Kbit/s) and fixed line Phone services via cable as well as mobile services in cooperation with an industry partner.

New BCIX Peer: Tele Columbus AS20880

Thorleif Wiik — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:00:17 +0000

Tele Columbus, a German cable service provider with approximately 2.3 million connected households is now connect at BCIX with a 10GE port.

Unbelievable Machine 10Gbps upgrade

Thorleif Wiik — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:28:17 +0000

The unbelievable Machine Company (*um) will upgrade it’s BCIX connection to 10Gbit/s. *um has an open peering policy and is also connected to the BCIX route server via IPv4 and IPv6.

*um is specialized in running high performance and high available internet applications within their ISO27001 certified datacenter and providing consultancy services regarding IT architectures, performance and security. Due to focusing on the challenges of the digital economy and the longtime experience in integrated work in software projects, solutions with an optimal price-performance-ratio can be designed and implemented.

New BCIX peer: Lambdanet, AS13237

Steffen David — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:35:02 +0000

Lambdanet Communications Deutschland AG is now connected with a 10 Gbit/s port at the new BCIX location Alboinstrasse.

BCIX internet exchange opens second new location this year

Thorleif Wiik — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:25:55 +0000

Berlin, 2011/03/24 – With its new location at Gradestrasse 60, in the internet gateway of telecommunication provider Level 3, the Berlin Commercial Internet Exchange e. V. (BCIX) has now opened its second new location so far this year. In so doing, BCIX has increased its presence as a peering points operator in Berlin, going from three locations in 2010 to five in 2011.

BCIX is meeting the high demands of its members and customers by making additional peering points (the integration of IP networks for data exchange) and larger port capacities available in Berlin’s data centers.

“Overall, data traffic at BCIX grew roughly 400 percent in 2010 alone”, says BCIX chairman Peter Lampe. “We see the increased data volumes as an engine for Berlin-Brandenburg’s 30,000 companies in the creative industries. Indeed, Berlin has accomplished much in recent years in precisely this field, the operation of large data volumes.” Companies profit from internet exchange points, which provide favourable networking conditions while allowing them to save on costly data lines.

Along with the new Level 3 location at Gradestrasse 60, BCIX operates in the data centers at Gradestrasse 40 (Versatel), Lützowstrasse 105 (I/P/B/ CarrierColo), Nonnendammallee 15 (e-shelter) and Alboinkontor – Alboinstrasse 36-42 (Lambdanet). With its new exchange point at Level 3, BCIX has made considerable progress towards its goal of becoming Germany’s second largest internet hub.

About BCIX e. V.:

Founded in 2002 by several Berlin internet companies, the BCIX internet hub enables companies (ranging from international carriers to medium-sized internet service providers) to exchange data through public and private peerings.

The association also sees itself as a union of Berlin’s commercial internet interests with regards to finance and politics.

Further information:

http://www.bcix.de/

http://www.bcix.de/bcix/news/

Contact:

Helga Krüger
BCIX Berlin Commercial Internet Exchange e. V.
Stromstrasse 5
10555 Berlin

Phone: +4915116135294
Fax: +493039001669
E-Mail: helga.krueger@bcix.de
Internet: www.bcix.de

Port Upgrade HL komm 10GigE

Steffen David — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:37:41 +0000

HL komm Telekommunikations GmbH, upgraded BCIX port speed after only three months from 1Gbit/s to 10Gbit/s.

LambdaNet sponsors BCIX

Thorleif Wiik — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:00:27 +0000

The Hanover based telecommunication and internet service provider hosts BCIX in Berlin.

Since December 2010, LambdaNet Communications Deutschland AG, one of the leading providers of telecommunication and internet services, hosts the internet exchange company BCIX (Berlin Commercial Internet Exchange e. V.) in its co-location in Berlin and therewith underlines its status as one of the leading internet service providers in Europe.

Due to this sponsoring partnership, LambdaNet´s customers are provided with a direct physical connectivity to the “Berlin Internet Exchange and Peering Point“. Internet exchange or peering points are places where IP-net providers exchange their IP-traffic to ensure their clients´ access to third party IP-nets.

In addition to its exchange points in three more co-locations in Berlin, BCIX is now available for LambdaNet´s clients with a single wiring. The advantage for LambdaNet´s and BCIX´s customers lies in saving expensive leased lines, through which the needed connection otherwise would have been established. The peering policy or traffic relation agreement is negotiated directly between BCIX and the co-location customer in order to guarantee a simple and – more important – immediate interconnection.

Philipp Groß, COO at LambdaNet Communications Deutschland AG, summarizes the objectives of the sponsoring partnership as follows: “Our focus is on the constant enhancement of our services as well as the permanent reduction of expenses for our customers. The cooperation with BCIX helps us to take a big step towards reaching this objective. Our clients can be connected to the “Berlin Internet Exchange and Peering Point“ quickly and at low costs.“

About BCIX Berlin Commercial Internet Exchange e.V.
BCIX Berlin Commercial Internet Exchange e.V. is the independent peering point for Berlin and Brandenburg. Thanks to an uncomplicated peering policy it is open to international carrier as well as medium-sized internet service providers. In addition to the mere technical services, BCIX offers its members further profits like marketing support and representation of interests towards chambers of commerce and political panels. BCIX is the central internet-contact in Berlin-Brandenburg for economy, carriers, internet service providers and investors and is a member of the European umbrella organization of the exchange points Euro-IX.

BCIX Berlin Commercial Internet Exchange
Helga Krueger (Chief of Communication)
Stromstraße 5
10555 Berlin
Germany
Email: helga.krueger@bcix.de
Internet: www.bcix.de

About LambdaNet Communications Deutschland AG
LambdaNet Communications Deutschland AG is a premier provider of telecommunication and internet services. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Hanover, Germany, LambdaNet is a 100% subsidiary of the listed company 3U HOLDING AG. Well-known customers, namely network operators, internet service providers, industrial corporations, banks and insurances, service providers and retailers rely on LambdaNet´s services. LambdaNet operates one of the most sophisticated fiber-optic and IP/MPLS networks in Europe, covering more than 40 cities in 11 countries, including metropolitan networks to 5 major European business centers. LambdaNet provides global VPN solutions based on a network of cooperation partners. The company´s service portfolio includes state-of-the-art IP/MPLS data services, high-availability internet services, integrated voice services, bandwidth transmission services up to 10 Gigabit per second as well as hosting services based on LambdaNet´s 25 data centers. LambdaNet´s information security management system is certified according to ISO 27001 since 2007.

LambdaNet Communications Deutschland AG
Günther-Wagner-Allee 13
30177 Hannover
Phone: +49 511-8488-0
Fax: +49 511-8488-1509
Email: press@lambdanet.net
Internet: www.lambdanet.net

Executive Board: Philipp Groß, Christoph Hellrung, Uwe Knoke
Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Ralf Thoenes
District Court Hannover HRB 61217

Akamai 30Gbit/s upgrade

Thorleif Wiik — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:39:06 +0000

Akamai upgraded it’s BCIX connection to 30Gbit/s. Akamai has an open peering policy and is also connected to the BCIX route server.

New BCIX Peer: link-lab

Thorleif Wiik — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:28:59 +0000

link-lab, a young spin-off from Berlin, is dedicated to innovations for next generation networks & services in a mobile Internet. link-lab offers consulting, technical analysis and development in the areas of communication, information management and integration, and is actively involved in IETF standardization. In joint efforts with partners from industry and research, the young team currently designs communication concepts and security solutions for a future Internet of Things.

link-lab activates its peering link to BCIX for the project HAMcast for designing a provider-friendly architecture for large-scale group communication (Peer-to-Peer and Multicast).

Akamai 20Gbit/s upgrade

Thorleif Wiik — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:26:18 +0000

Akamai will upgrade it’s BCIX connection to 20Gbit/s and will be the first member with a 2*10Gbit/s link aggregated 20Gbit/s connection at BCIX. Akamai has an open peering policy and is also connected to the BCIX route server.

Euro-IX Film – The Internet Revealed: A film about IXPs

Steffen David — Sat, 29 May 2010 08:15:27 +0000

Euro-IX published a nice Film about what IXPs are doing and what Peering means.
Have a look:

BCIX e.V. annual report 2009/2010

Thorleif Wiik — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:19:05 +0000

The public part of the annual report 2009/2010 of BCIX e.V. is now available online.

BCIX-Jahresbericht-2009-2010

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New BCIX Member: SysEleven

Thorleif Wiik — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:05:35 +0000

Berlin based hosting provider SysEleven is our latest BCIX member. SysEleven offers Cloud Services and Managed Hosting and will be available for peering, soon.

AIXIT / AS29551 becomes BCIX member

Steffen David — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:04:53 +0000

AIXIT / AS29551 is a new BCIX member now.

AIXIT will connect with 1 Gigabit/s at Luetzowstr. 105 / CarrierColo and participate in public peering over BCIX route servers.

RETN upgrades port to 10G

Steffen David — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:51:51 +0000

Russian network operator RETN Ltd. upgrades port to 10Gbit/s.

New BCIX Peer: Google

Thorleif Wiik — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:30:50 +0000

We’re very proud to announce that Google will be available for peering with IPv4 and IPv6 at BCIX Berlin. Google will connect with a 10Gbit/s port and will also peer with the BCIX route servers.

BCIX Round Table Presentation

Thorleif Wiik — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:00:56 +0000

Bcix Round Table November 2009

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New BCIX member: Akamai

Thorleif Wiik — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:23:00 +0000

We’re happy to announce, that Akamai will be available for peering at BCIX Berlin, soon. Akamai will connect with 10Gbit/s to BCIX and will peer with BCIX route servers, as well.