London Internet Exchange becomes world's largest internet hub

The London Internet Exchange (Linx) has become the largest independent internet hub in the world.

The exchange is now processing some 40 gigabits of data a second at peak times, with total peak rates hitting 55 gigabits a second when Linx's private peering services are including.

This 55 gigabits - or 55,000,000,000 bits - of data that Linx is processing each second consist of web site downloads, business information and emails.

These figures make Linx, which has eight high capacity routing sites located in and around London's Docklands, larger than exchanges in Japan and the US that offer similar services.

'Commercial competitors can deliver internet data from one customer to another faster and more cost effectively than switching it through several different networks,' said Linx sales and marketing manager Vanessa Evans.

'Collectively, our members have access to around half of all the world's internet routes, she said.

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