Editing Internet Neutral Exchange (section)

==History==

Planning for INEX started in 1996 and it became operational in April 1997<ref>{{cite web |title=The First Twenty Years |url=https://www.inex.ie/about-us/history/first-twenty-years/ |website=INEX |accessdate=30 October 2018}}</ref> with the backing of its four founding members; [[BT Ireland|EUnet Ireland]], [[HEAnet]], [[Indigo Internet|Indigo]] and [[Eir_(telecommunications)|Telecom Internet]] with the objective of locally exchanging [[Internet Protocol|IP]] traffic between Irish-based ISPs, rather than using an external exchange or transit providers. As of October 2018, the Association had 103 full, 5 pro-bono, and 23 associate members.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inex.ie/about-us/inex-members/|title=INEX Members List|website=INEX|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030220219/https://www.inex.ie/about-us/inex-members/|archivedate=30 October 2018|url-status=live|accessdate=30 October 2018}}</ref>

In late 2019, a number of directors resigned over disagreements on the company's governance. A subsequent letter to members announced an outside consultant would be appointed to “undertake a root and branch review of Inex and its corporate structure”. <ref>{{cite news |last1=Horgan-Jones |first1=Jack |title=Top tech group embroiled in corporate governance row |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/top-tech-group-embroiled-in-corporate-governance-row-1.4119725 |accessdate=25 December 2019 |publisher=[[The Irish Times]] |date=19 December 2019}}</ref>