The London Access Point (LONAP) is a
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
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Internet exchange point
Internet exchange points (IXes or IXPs) are common grounds of IP networking, allowing participant Internet service providers (ISPs) to exchange data destined for their respective networks. IXPs are generally located at places with preexisting ...
(IXP) founded in 1997 as a membership organisation and currently has over 200 members,
making it the second largest IXP in the UK and around the 15th largest IXP in the world by membership. (Although current traffic levels make it around the 30th largest by bandwidth – see
list of Internet exchange points by size.) LONAP currently operates an
Arista Networks
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infrastructure with multiple 100 and 400 Gbit/s links between their sites, specifically:
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Telehouse North
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Telehouse East
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Telehouse West
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Digital Realty Sovereign House (formerly TelecityGroup)
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Equinix LD8 (formerly TelecityGroup) Harbour Exchange, Building 6-7
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InterXion London City
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Equinix LD6, Slough
LONAP hosts an instance of the F
Root nameserver.
As a membership-owned organisation, the exchange is owned by the networks which participate on it, who meet at an
annual general meeting to vote for the
board of directors, approve the budget and discuss the activity plan for the year. Membership is open to any organisation worldwide who operates a network and wishes to peer.
See also
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List of Internet exchange points
This is a list of Internet exchange points ( IXPs). There are several sources for IXP locations, including Packet Clearing House, who have maintained the earliest list of IXPs, with global coverage since 1994. Also, Telegeography, PeeringDB and ...
References
External links
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{{Telecommunications industry in the United Kingdom
Internet exchange points in the United Kingdom
Telecommunications in the United Kingdom