LINX invests in future. (Internet News).Although a 'not for profit' organisation the London Internet Exchange
LinX Law Enforcement Information Exchange LINX Logistics Information Exchange ) has made a surplus of almost [pounds]1 million in 2001. All of the money is being re-invested in improved infrastructure as part of an already announced [pounds sterling]2 million expenditure programme. LINX is owned by more than 120 Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISPS ISPS - Instruction Set Processor Specifications. Operational hardware specification language. Successor to ISPL. ["Instruction Set Processor Specifications", M.R. Barbacci et al, IEEE Trans Computers, C-30(1):24-80 (Jan 1981)]. ) and content delivery service providers (CDSPS) which connect their networks there to allow data to move efficiently around the world. It handles up to 96 per cent of all the UK's internet traffic Internet traffic is the flow of data around the Internet. It includes web traffic, which is the amount of that data that is related to the World Wide Web, along with the traffic from other major uses of the Internet, such as electronic mail and peer-to-peer networks. and data flow has more than doubled in the past year, now exceeding 16 gigabits per second - equivalent to almost 1 million average e-mail messages per second. LINX is owned by its member ISPS and is operated for their benefit. There are no payouts to shareholders and all the profits are ploughed back into the exchange. In November 2001 LINX announced details of a [pounds]2 million investment programme for the current financial year to increase the capacity, efficiency and reliability of the exchange. The programme includes the purchase of new hardware, the splitting of the exchange into two technically independent units and the adoption of new technology such as 10 Gbit Ethernet. www.linx.net |
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