Editing Western Australian Internet Exchange

{{Short description|Neutral Internet Exchange Point in Perth, Western Australia}}
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| abbreviation = WAIX
| founded      = 1997
| location     = Australia, [[Perth]]
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| website      = internet.asn.au
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The '''Western Australian Internet Exchange''' (WAIX) was formed in 1997 as a neutral [[Internet exchange point]] in [[Perth]], Western Australia. Its three founding members were [[iiNet]], Omen Internet and Wantree Internet. Today WAIX has some 100 peers and facilitates the transfer of over 50 [[gigabit]]s per second.

The exchange is operated by the Internet Association of Australia, a not-for-profit, member driven, licensed telecommunications carrier. WAIX is the longest running exchange point in Australia. The Association operates [[Internet Exchange Point]]s across Australia.

Originally located only in the [[QV.1]] building in central Perth, and now in numerous locations across Perth, most Western Australian [[Internet service provider|ISPs]] also [[peering|peer]] at the facility.

==Brief history==

The peering fabric first existed informally as links between "Wantree Internet" and "Omen Internet" to [[iiNet]]. WAIX was formalised as an initiative by the then Western Australian Internet Association (which became the Internet Association of Australia) after a presentation by Andrew Khoo on his similar work in Sydney and Melbourne to create multi-lateral peering fabrics in both cities. The ISPs at the presentation later agreed they could form the fabric themselves and did so by leasing a small room in [[QV.1]] and began as a formal peering exchange after Omen, iiNet and Wantree moved their interconnects into the peering room.

Various attempts were made over the first few years to arrange traffic exchange between peers at WAIX and peers at other Australian internet exchanges (notably the South Australia Internet Exchange) allowing peers to pay for interstate traffic. This was an arrangement with one of the peers at the time who peered at more than one Australian peering fabric. Similar arrangements were formalised in the eastern states with the formation of AusBone.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.afr.com/politics/byte-on-that-says-new-player-ausbone-19971031-k7ojg |title=Byte on that, says new player, Ausbone |website=afr.com |date=1997-10-31 |access-date=2022-10-01}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of Internet exchange points]]

==External links==
{{Primary sources|date=September 2022}}
* [https://www.internet.asn.au/peering/ Internet Association of Australia peering homepage]
* [http://groups.google.com.au/group/aus.org.waia/browse_thread/thread/f3161b041a8ec292/cf5f86fa8d09fc0d?hl=en#cf5f86fa8d09fc0d Usenet article announcing the Peering Discussion]
* [https://blog.apnic.net/2020/08/20/what-is-the-role-of-ixps-in-oceania/ APNIC Blog What is the role of IXPs in Oceania?]
* {{cite conference
  | first = Gavin
  | last = Tweedie
  | title = West Australia Internet Exchange update
  | book-title = APNIC 17
  | location = Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  | url = http://archive.apnic.net/meetings/17/docs/sigs/ix/ix-pres-tweedie-waix.pdf
  | access-date = 2016-01-21 }}

==References==
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[[Category:Internet exchange points in Australia]]
[[Category:Science and technology in Western Australia]]
[[Category:Internet mirror services]]