History at a Glance
On August 29, 2015, Vancouver Internet Exchange (“VANIX”) was incorporated under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act to facilitate peering at the VANIX exchange and to promote related activities. This new Corporation was created to promote Public Peering in Vancouver, BC through a distributed switch fabric that joins and extends the original Peer1 and BCNET peering points.
Sep 2020
– Arista switching platform deployed
Jan 2020
– New participant rates for peering
Nov 2019
– VANIX booth and presentation at iTech Vancouver Conference
May 2019
– VANIX participation in the CIRA Peering Panel
Apr 2019
– VANIX presentation at the BCBA Conference
Mar 2019
– VANIX social community networking event at Alibi Room, Vancouver
Dec 2018
– VANIX Strategic Plan developed and approved
Oct 2018
– New VANIX brand released
– Sponsored NANOG 74 Vancouver
May 2016
– First AGM with first election for BOD
– Thank you to TorIX for providing $5000 for AGM expenses
– Thank you to CIRA for providing a Juniper EX4550 switch
Apr 2016
– Online traffic graphs publicly available
Feb 2016
– First route server in operation
Aug 2015
– VANIX incorporation completed
Jul 2015
– Initial BoD formed and Officers identified
– Steering Committee decommissioned and renamed to Technical and Operations Committee
Jun 2015
– Governance Committee formed to develop By-Laws, funding model, and complete incorporation
Jan 2015
– Over 5Gbps on VANIX
– OpenDNS donates Route Server and Optics
Nov 2014
– VANIX First User Group and Launch Event
May 2014
– Peer1 donates a fibre optic switch and LR optics
– Skyway West donates collocation space and power in Harbour Centre MMR 6B. Existing connections to PIX in 6B is re-purposed to connect to this switch
– VANIX goes “live” and website www.vanix.ca in operation
– Cologix donates space and power at 1050 West Pender St., and a dark fibre ring to connect to Harbour Centre.
Apr 2014
– ARIN allocates IP address space for the Exchange
Jan 2014
– First meeting of Steering Committee
– Registration of vanix.ca
Aug 2014
– Juniper Networks donates a fibre optic switch and LR optics for the Cologix site, VANIX’s initial core network is completed. Plentyoffish Media donates additional high-speed optics for redundant paths.
Jun 2014
– Extension to Cologix site announced
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140603005238/en/Vancouver-Internet-Exchange-Cologixs-1050%C2%A0W.%C2%A0Pender%C2%A0St.-Data-Center#.U49QwPldVyI
– VANIX is announced at NANOG Peering Track
– BCNET donates a fibre optic switch and LR optics, and expands its offering to include bilateral peering, as well as continuing to offer its existing multilateral peering over the new Exchange connection
Oct 2013
– A volunteer Steering Committee forms to take the necessary steps to create the Exchange Point
Sep 2013
– After inquiries about merging their two exchanges, BCNET and Peer1 hold a Town Hall style meeting to discuss a combined Exchange, which results in a great deal of interest
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