Indianapolis

FD-IX is growing again in Indianapolis

FD-IX gives Indianapolis networks a place to meet. If your routers are still sending local traffic out of market by default, peering may give you a cleaner path. Better routes are not magic.

Your network in Indianapolis should not have to send every packet through Chicago, Ashburn, Dallas, or Atlanta just because that is where the upstream path happens to go. Some traffic still needs to leave the market. A lot of traffic does not. When local networks meet on an exchange fabric, BGP gets a shorter option.

FD-IX gives Indianapolis networks a place to meet. If your routers are still sending local traffic out of market by default, peering may give you a cleaner path. Better routes are not magic. They come from being connected, where the traffic already wants to go.

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How an Internet Exchange works in a simple explainer

How Peering Keeps Internet Traffic Local An eight-scene visual walkthrough of BGP peering and Internet Exchange points Scene 1 of 8 Two separate networks Network A ASN 64501 Core router Customers Servers Paid transit path Transit providers Network B ASN 64502 Core router Content Cache Many hops between A and

What Happens Without Peering?

Without a direct path, your packets just follow whatever upstream route BGP hands out.

How Data Centers Can Offer Internet Exchange Services Without Building Their Own IX

FD-IX Remote Peering gives your facility access to a carrier-grade peering fabric across the Midwest and beyond, using only a Layer 2 transport connection.

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