Peering & Internet Services

IU13 has partnership opportunities for Intermediate Units and higher education institutions to connect to Internet content providers with high bandwidth and low latency via Internet Exchange peering. As a reseller partner of NYIIX, the New York International Internet Exchange, IU13 can offer direct membership in the New York peering market from anywhere within reach of our network. Peering in NYIIX brings partners much closer to Internet content providers, such as Apple, Google, and Microsoft, for the best possible network performance. Additionally, IU13 can offer a full Internet routing table, allowing partners to easily take advantage of our peering arrangements and Internet transit providers for high quality connectivity.

For more information, please contact wan@iu13.org.

Peering allows school networks to bypass costly Internet transit providers and connect directly to the content their users consume, which achieving higher bandwidth, lower latency, and lower cost.