Why peering?

Performance, savings, sovereignty: what peering concretely changes for your network.

Peering is the direct interconnection between IP networks via an Internet Exchange (IXP). Rather than routing all your traffic through paid-by-volume intermediaries, you establish direct BGP sessions with your peers. France-IX aggregates 600+ French and international IP networks at a single physical point: one interconnection replaces dozens of interconnections.

Five concrete benefits for your network

  • Local traffic - an exchange between two French parties stays in France, with no foreign transit. Your domestic data does not leave the territory.
  • Maximum performance and reliability - invariant latency, no intermediary saturation, fewer hops, fewer points of failure. User experience improves mechanically.
  • Lower cost - fixed price per port rather than per-volume IP transit fees. The more your traffic grows, the larger the economic benefit.
  • Full routing control - you know where your traffic flows, who you exchange with, and adjust your BGP policies in real time. You regain control over your network.
  • Lower carbon footprint - local traffic consumes less energy than transatlantic routing. Peering contributes to a more sober Internet.

Two France-IX platforms for peering

France-IX now operates two fully independent peering infrastructures, designed for complementary use cases:

⚡ Peering Essentiel

Complementary platform, in self-service. 1 PoP at Telehouse 2 in Paris, 100% online subscription, no commitment, public pricing, 5 bandwidth tiers (1G - 400G). Built to start peering or add a redundancy point.

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◆ Peering Plus

France's largest IXP. 22 PoPs in 6 cities, 600+ IP networks, 3.5 Tb/s of traffic, 24/7 NOC, Microsoft Azure Peering Service, national and international Multipass. For organizations structuring their traffic at scale.

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Combine both platforms for maximum resilience

Distinct hardware, distinct OS, zero shared network component: an incident on one never affects the other. France-IX is the only French IXP offering two independent peering platforms: running Peering Plus and Peering Essentiel in parallel delivers maximum resilience.

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