Author Archives: Justin Wilson
Updated St. Louis peers
Check out our updated peer list for our St. Louis Fabric.
MidWest-IX / FD-IX welcomes RoutViews to Indy
The RouteViews project now is now on our Indy IX. Their data is used by many projects, so contribute by peering with them! Check out http://ow.ly/FQ8v30n3ao3. Archival data will be at http://ow.ly/1gDO30n3ap9. Access the collector via telnet://rviews@route-views.mwix.routeviews.org.
1 Petabit per second optical fiber
A coupler created by Macquarie University in Australia, combined with a fibre fabricated by Hokkaido University and equipment maker Fujikura, and a transmission system developed by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology in Japan, has led to transmission speeds in excess of 1 petabit. The new four-core, three-mode fibre was touted as being […]
Direct link to our Indy Speedtest Server
If you are an IX client and are looking for a faster way to connect to a local SpeedTest server here is a faster way. http://midwest-ix.speedtest.net
MidWest-IX completes Phase 1 Capacity Upgrade for Indianapolis
MidWest-IX has completed several recent capacity upgrades on our Indianapolis fabric. We have upgraded the capacity between 733 and 401 north Shadeland to 40 gigs of capacity. We have upgraded switch interconnects at 733 to 40 gig. Switch uplinks at 401 Shadeland have been upgraded to 20 gig. A switch upgrade inside 365 Data Centers at […]
St. Louis Event August 15th
Register and Information http://go.netrality.com/peering-at-peering
PeeringDB entry for Cleveland
Our Peering DB for Cleveland is now live. https://www.peeringdb.com/ix/2286
FD-IX expanding to Cleveland
MidWest-IX/FD-IX is in the process of bringing on a new node in Cleveland, Ohio. Look for more updates shortly.
Member Spotlight: PDS Connect
PDS Connect is a locally owned full-service internet provider and IT consulting company located in Mooresville, Indiana. We care most about providing the best service and customer satisfaction, which sets us apart from other internet and phone companies. Our primary services are Fixed Wireless Broadband, Fiber-Based Internet, Server Co-Location, Data Center Services, and Wireless LAN/WAN […]