PAIX
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PAIX, the Peering And Internet eXchange, is a neutral Internet exchange point operated by Switch and Data.
PAIX began operations in 1996 as Palo Alto Internet Exchange in Palo Alto, California, and was owned and operated by Digital Equipment Corporation, or DEC. AboveNet acquired PAIX, and later sold it to Switch and Data around the time that AboveNet filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Switch and Data provides peering and Internet exchange points in Atlanta, Dallas, New York City, Palo Alto, Philadelphia, San Jose, Seattle, and Northern Virginia, among other places.
In several foreign languages, "PAIX" (or various permutations thereof) also means "peace".
