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==History==

==History==

The first IXPs established were as Metropolitan Area Ethernet in Washington D.C., Commercial Internet Exchange in Palo Alto, Federal Internet Exchange in San Jose and Hong Kong Internet Exchange at Chinese University of Hong Kong.<ref>[http://www.sanog.org/resources/sanog7/gaurab-ixp-tutorial.pdf Sanog]</ref>

The first IXPs established were the Metropolitan Area Ethernet in Washington D.C., the Commercial Internet Exchange in Palo Alto, the Federal Internet Exchange in San Jose and the Hong Kong Internet Exchange at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.<ref>[http://www.sanog.org/resources/sanog7/gaurab-ixp-tutorial.pdf Sanog]</ref>

There are 91 countries with 1 or more IXPs. However 106 countries of the world depend on others for data transfer and need to develop their own IXPs.<ref>[https://prefix.pch.net/applications/ixpdir/summary/ PCH Prefix]</ref> You can see the list of all the IXPs present in the world [http://www.datacentermap.com/ixps.html here].

There are 91 countries with 1 or more IXPs. However, 106 countries depend on others for data transfer and need to develop their own IXPs.<ref>[https://prefix.pch.net/applications/ixpdir/summary/ PCH Prefix]</ref> The list of all the IXPs present in the world can be found [http://www.datacentermap.com/ixps.html here].

==Benefits==

==Benefits==