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Internet Society of Canada Growth and Trust director Dr. Hosein Badran explained what an IXP is to Town Council during their Jan. 25 Committee of the Whole meeting. Effectively, itSA国际影视传媒檚 a bridge that allows for faster internet.
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An IXP is a collection of servers that handle internet traffic locally instead of sending it out to a larger node. Currently, internet traffic in Inuvik is routed down south, even if it is something completely local such as emailing someone across town. Consequentially, a lot of energy is lost moving data around.
With an IXP, Badran explained, information would be processed locally, speeding up internet connections considerably.
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Another benefit he noted was increased local internet traffic. He cited Kenya as an example, which installed an IXP in the year 2000 and has since seen an explosion in .ke domain names and locally hosted web sites and business. Before, just about all of the countrySA国际影视传媒檚 traffic was routed to South Africa and back.
Badran added that major content providers like Google, Amazon and Netflix also tend to establish localized cache service on IXPs, which also speeds up connectivity.
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After hearing BadranSA国际影视传媒檚 presentation, town council returned on Jan. 27 and passed a motion to pen a letter of support towards the project. The town will not be required to spend any money on the project.
Mayor Natasha Kulikowski added she had been in discussion with representatives of the Aurora Research Institute, as well as with Northwest Tel and New North Networks, since November in regards to the project.
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