News

VANIX is proud to announce two new Board Members!

VANIX, is a not-for-profit Internet Exchange (IX) with multiple locations in the Vancouver, BC region.  Our mission is interconnecting networks to reduce costs and improve performance for the benefit of

VANIX Announces New 2026 Pricing

VANIX introduces new lower port fees, again! This represents our continued commitment to support the members, participants and sponsors of the exchange. We continue to expand our switch locations and network

Exciting news for the Okanagan’s digital future!

The City of Kelowna has agreed to provide four strands of fibre to support the launch of a new Internet Exchange in the region. With support from CIRA’s Net Good

Videotron (AS5769) has been connected

Videotron (AS5769) has connected to VANIX with a 100 Gbps connection. Videotron only peers bi-laterally at VANIX. Please send your request for peering to their peering coordinator contact, located on https://peeringdb.com/asn/5769

ACE CDN (AS139341) has been connected

ACE CDN (AS139341) has connected to VANIX with a 100 Gbps connection. ACE CDN peers multi-laterally via the VANIX route servers. ACE CDN supports the following global applications: Game Distribution:

CDN77 (AS60068) connects to VANIX and BCNET (AS271) adds additional port

CDN77 (AS139341) has established its first 100 Gbps connection to VANIX. CDN77 peers multi-laterally via the VANIX route servers. CDN77’s peering details are available at https://peeringdb.com/asn/60068 BCNET (AS271) has added a

VANIX Enhances Route Server Platform with BFD Support

To further enhance the stability and performance of its peering fabric, VANIX is pleased to announce that Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) has been enabled on its route servers. This upgrade

Missing Link Partners with VANIX

VANIX is pleased to announce that Missing Link Communications is connecting VANIX from 1050 W Pender (Cologix VAN2 data center) to 175 W Cordova (Cologix VAN4 data center). This long-

Edgio (AS22822) has increased its connectivity to VANIX

Edgio (AS22822) has added a second 100 Gbps port and an additional IPv4/IPv6 address pair. Edgio has already started reaching out to current peers to add a second set of

Fastly (AS54113) has been connected

Fastly (AS54113) has connected to VANIX with a 100 Gbps connection. Fastly peers multi-laterally via the VANIX route servers. Complete network peering details are available at https://peeringdb.com/asn/54113 All networks connected

Zoom Video Communications Inc (AS30103) has been connected

Zoom Video Communications Inc (AS30103) has connected to VANIX with two 100 Gbps connections. Zoom peers multi-laterally via the VANIX route servers and has multiple VANIX IPs. Complete network peering

Game Updates, Regional Diversity and New 2024 Pricing

On December 3, 2023, starting at 1am (PST/GMT-8), Epic pushed an update to their popular multiplayer game Fortnite. At VANIX, this resulted in our normal evening traffic “valley” becoming a