# IX.br

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{{short description|Internet exchange point system of Brazil}}

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'''IX.br''' is the [Internet exchange point](/source/Internet_exchange_point) system of Brazil. It is a project of the government agency [Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil](/source/Comit%C3%AA_Gestor_da_Internet_no_Brasil) (Brazilian Internet Steering Committee, CGI.br), and operates as a non-profit funded by [NIC.br](/source/NIC.br).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Brito |first1=Samuel Henrique Bucke |last2=Santos |first2=Mateus Augusto Silva |last3=Fontes |first3=Ramon dos Reis |last4=Perez |first4=Danny Alex Lachos |last5=Silva |first5=Hirley Dayan Lourenço da |last6=Rothenberg |first6=Christian Rodolfo Esteve |title=An Analysis of the Largest National Ecosystem of Public Internet eXchange Points: The Case of Brazil |journal=Journal of Communication and Information Systems |date=26 October 2016 |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=256–271 |doi=10.14209/jcis.2016.23|doi-access=free }}</ref>

IX.br is an interconnection of [metropolitan area network](/source/metropolitan_area_network) [IXPs](/source/Internet_exchange_point) (called PIXes in Brazil) with commercial and academic networks, under centralized management. IX.br has 36 [Internet exchange point](/source/Internet_exchange_point)s in Brazil, as of January 2024. The aggregated traffic over its 39 locations has peaked over 31&nbsp;[Tb](/source/terabyte)/s in 2023, making it the largest IXP aggregator in the world.<ref name=nic>{{cite press release |title=In a new record, IX.br surpasses 31 Tbit/s of peak Internet traffic exchange |url=https://nic.br/noticia/releases/in-a-new-record-ix-br-surpasses-31-tbit-s-of-peak-internet-traffic-exchange/ |website=NIC.br - Núcleo de Informação e Coordenação do Ponto BR |access-date=1 February 2024 |language=pt-br}}</ref>

The most important IXP points are located in [São Paulo](/source/S%C3%A3o_Paulo) with a traffic peak over 22&nbsp;Tbit/s, and [Fortaleza](/source/Fortaleza) and [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro) at around 4 Tbit/s each.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ix.br/trafego/agregado/sp|title=IX.br São Paulo|website=ix.br}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ix.br/trafego/agregado/ce|title=IX.br Fortaleza|website=ix.br}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ix.br/trafego/agregado/rj|title=IX.br Rio de Janeiro|website=ix.br}}</ref> The São Paulo point is the largest in the world, both by traffic volume and number of participants, with more than 2400 [ASNs](/source/Autonomous_system_(internet)) in late 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=The IXP Database |url=https://ixpdb.euro-ix.net/en/ |website=ixpdb.euro-ix.net |access-date=1 February 2024}}</ref><ref name=nic/>

==Locations==
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*[Aracaju](/source/Aracaju)
*[Belém](/source/Bel%C3%A9m)
*[Belo Horizonte](/source/Belo_Horizonte)
*[Boa Vista](/source/Boa_Vista%2C_Roraima)
*[Brasília](/source/Bras%C3%ADlia)
*[Campina Grande](/source/Campina_Grande)
*[Campinas](/source/Campinas)
*[Campo Grande](/source/Campo_Grande)
*[Caruaru](/source/Caruaru)
*[Cascavel](/source/Cascavel)
*[Caxias do Sul](/source/Caxias_do_Sul)
*[Cuiabá](/source/Cuiab%C3%A1)
*[Curitiba](/source/Curitiba)
*[Feira de Santana](/source/Feira_de_Santana)
*[Florianópolis](/source/Florian%C3%B3polis)
*[Fortaleza](/source/Fortaleza)
*[Foz do Iguaçu](/source/Foz_do_Igua%C3%A7u)
*[Goiânia](/source/Goi%C3%A2nia)
*[João Pessoa](/source/Jo%C3%A3o_Pessoa%2C_Para%C3%ADba)
*[Lajeado](/source/Lajeado%2C_Rio_Grande_do_Sul)
*[Londrina](/source/Londrina)
*[Maceió](/source/Macei%C3%B3)
*[Manaus](/source/Manaus)
*[Maringá](/source/Maring%C3%A1)
*[Natal](/source/Natal%2C_Rio_Grande_do_Norte)
*[Palmas](/source/Palmas%2C_Tocantins)
*[Porto Alegre](/source/Porto_Alegre)
*[Porto Velho](/source/Porto_Velho)
*[Recife](/source/Recife)
*[Rio Branco](/source/Rio_Branco%2C_Acre)
*[Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro)
*[Salvador](/source/Salvador%2C_Bahia)
*[Santa Maria](/source/Santa_Maria%2C_Rio_Grande_do_Sul)
*[São José dos Campos](/source/S%C3%A3o_Jos%C3%A9_dos_Campos)
*[São José do Rio Preto](/source/S%C3%A3o_Jos%C3%A9_do_Rio_Preto)
*[São Luis](/source/S%C3%A3o_Lu%C3%ADs%2C_Maranh%C3%A3o)
*[São Paulo](/source/S%C3%A3o_Paulo)
*[Teresina](/source/Teresina)
*[Vitória](/source/Vit%C3%B3ria%2C_Esp%C3%ADrito_Santo)
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== See also ==
* [List of Internet exchange points](/source/List_of_Internet_exchange_points)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{official|https://ix.br/idioma/en}}
*[https://ix.br/agregado/ Traffic Statistics] - Sum of traffic of all 36 locations

Category:Internet exchange points in Latin America

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