Pakistan goes for 1st Internet Exchange Point

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Pakistan will set up the first internet exchange point to meet the demand of the local ISPs. It will help the people to minimize the latency rates, which are incurred on the domestic traffic in the country, as they have checked it with the sources.

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority will set up this Internet Exchange Point in Islamabad with the collaboration of Internet Society. For the establishment of this Internet Exchange point, the hardware is set up and now the exchange will be set up in next two months, then it will start its function.

PTCL and some other ISPs are working together and they have maintained their discussions with some other ISPs, then they will use Internet Exchange Point to ensure the provision of domestic internet traffic.

Internet Exchange Point is used for the maintenance of the local internet traffic on the domestic level within the country in the ISPs and they do not look to the international exchanges and networks.

Presently, you can the connection from the international network exchange and you send a ping to a website or server, which is hosted on the TransWorld, then the traffic will be routed through the international exchanges, which are located outside Pakistan.

Such local internet request, which is located a few kilometers away from the client, it has to travel to the exchange and it hosted abroad, then it will hit back to the local server after covering the distance of thousands kilometers, it can increase the latency rates and also reduces the rate for data transfer.

ISPs have the readiness due to its software and hardware to join the exchange and there is no technical reason to join it. It is required on the ISPs to have connection with the local internet exchange.

This internet exchange will perform the services to all local hosting companies, service providers, data centers, banks, corporations and the people, who host the website and services in Pakistan at the domestic level.

It is learnt that this internet exchange will be established very soon and it will be made active, which will start function in two months. As soon as any new update is available, it will be shared with the readers on this site.

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