# Boston Internet Exchange

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The **Boston Internet Exchange** is an [Internet exchange point](/source/Internet_exchange_point) in [Boston](/source/Boston), [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts), USA.[2] The Boston IX is owned and operated by Markley Group, hosted in Markley's One [Summer Street](/source/Summer_Street_(Boston)), Boston datacenter and their Prince Avenue, [Lowell](/source/Lowell,_Massachusetts) datacenter.

The domain bostonix.net was registered by Patrick Gilmore in 2010 and was donated to the exchange[citation needed]. In 2012 the Boston IX went online with the [Free Software Foundation](/source/Free_Software_Foundation) as its first participant[citation needed].

The exchange point supports IPv4 and IPv6 unicast peering, as well as private virtual network interconnects.

Some consider the Boston IX to be the successor of the now defunct [Boston MXP](/source/Boston_MXP) started by MAI.net and Vincent Bono. Initially in 2007, Barton Bruce from Global NAPs and TowardEX Technologies had planned to replace the aging Boston MXP due to Global NAPs closing down its business.

## See also

- [Internet Exchange Point](/source/Internet_Exchange_Point)
- [List of Internet exchange points](/source/List_of_Internet_exchange_points)

## References

1. [https://BostonIX.net/](https://BostonIX.net/)

1. ["BOSIX - Boston Internet Exchange"](https://www.datacentermap.com/ixp/bosix/?rw=true). *www.datacentermap.com*. Retrieved 2024-02-16.

## External links

- [Official Boston Internet Exchange website](http://BostonIX.net/)
- [profile on PeeringDB](https://www.peeringdb.com/ix/565)
- [Partnering carriers](https://www.markleygroup.com/services/carriers)

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