The London Access Point (LONAP) is a London-based Internet exchange point (IXP) founded in 1997 as a membership organisation and currently has around 200+ members,[1] making it the second largest IXP in the UK and around the 15th largest IXP in the world by membership. (Although current traffic levels make it around the 30th largest by bandwidth – see list of Internet exchange points by size.) LONAP currently operates an Arista Networks infrastructure with multiple 10 and 100 Gbit/s links between eight sites, specifically:[3]
- Telehouse North
- Telehouse East
- Telehouse West
- Digital Realty Sovereign House (formerly TelecityGroup)
- Equinix LD8 (formerly TelecityGroup) Harbour Exchange, Building 6-7
- InterXion London City
- Epsilon Telecommunications, London City
- Equinix LD6, Slough
| Abbreviation | LONAP |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1997 |
| Location |  United Kingdom, London |
| Website | www.lonap.net |
| Members | 229 as of June 2021[update][1] |
| Peak | 773 Gbit/s as of March 2021[update][2] |
| Peak in | 772.9 Gbit/s |
| Peak out | 773.3 Gbit/s |
LONAP hosts an instance of the F Root nameserver.[4]
As a membership-owned organisation, the exchange is owned by the networks which participate on it, who meet at an annual general meeting to vote for the board of directors, approve the budget and discuss the activity plan for the year. Membership is open to any organisation worldwide who operates a network and wishes to peer.
See also
References
- ^ a b "LONAP: Current Members". Retrieved 2021-05-08.
- ^ "LONAP: Bandwidth Statistics". Retrieved 2021-03-23.
- ^ "LONAP: London-based Internet Exchange Point". Retrieved 2009-05-05.
- ^ "ISC and LONAP install F-root Name Server in diverse London, UK location". Archived from the original on 2008-11-18. Retrieved 2009-05-05.