HotLINX Magazine Sees Internet History in the Making

Oct. 23, 2009 - PRLog -- When the London Internet Exchanges's magazine, HotLINX, first appeared in the year 2000, it was issued as an occasional, LINX member newsletter. Over time it developed to become a regular quarterly publication read by stakeholders right across the Internet industry.

Articles have covered technical and regulatory news, LINX member stories, event reviews, meeting sponsor advertorials, opinion pieces and helpful 'How to...' guides. Recipients include LINX members, vendors, colocation providers, news agencies as well as government officials and policy makers concerned with Internet regulation.

Traditionally HotLINX contained eight pages with a print run of just a few hundred copies. Following the success of the relaunch issue in August 2008, it now maintains a 16 page format and has increased circulation to 1250 printed copies distributed to some 50 countries worldwide.

Recent editions of HotLINX have been available online for some time but with LINX about to celebrate its 15th anniversary in November, all 19 issues are being made available for download, some for the very first time.

A full list of HotLINX issues, including content details, can be viewed on the LINX website: https://www.linx.net/publicity/hotlinx.html

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Notes to editors:

1. LINX is a mutual, not-for-profit organisation whose 340-plus members include 58 of the top 100 global network operators*, almost all UK Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and content providers plus many from the Americas, mainland Europe, the Far East and Africa.
*Total Telecom Global 100, 2008.

2. LINX was formed in 1994 when five ISPs recognised that there were considerable operational benefits to exchanging traffic between their networks in the UK. From the beginning every LINX member has had an equal vote in the management of the organisation.

3. The connection of networks at an Internet exchange point such as LINX is known as 'peering'. Network operators use public peering across the dual LINX Ethernet networks to exchange traffic with any other member by mutual agreement. LINX also offers a managed private network interconnect facility which is used for large traffic flows between two members.

4. LINX has a presence at ten London sites connected by secure fibre and DWDM links. The core of the network currently operates across a 12x10G Ethernet link. The extent and geographic resilience of the network was enhanced in 2008 with the addition of three new points of presence, each outside the main Docklands data centre area in east London.

5. The Internet traffic at LINX consists of a wide variety of data including streaming media, website downloads, business information and emails. Peak LINX traffic is the equivalent of 1,300,000 simultaneous Internet video streams.

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LINX is a mutually owned membership association for operators of Internet Protocol networks. We provide a neutral interconnection facility and peering platform, known as an Internet Exchange Point (IXP), and represent the interests of our members on matters of public policy.