Cape Town Internet Exchange - CINX

South Africa

City: Cape Town
Website: https://www.inx.net.za

About this IXP

Data last updated November 2025

Capacity at this IXP

2,765 Gbps

Cumulative port speeds of all IXP members. This shows the potential maximum traffic that can be exchanged at this IXP at one time.

Membership and capacity

The size and strength of an IXP is determined by a combination of how many members it has, and the total capacity. Larger networks tend to bring more capacity, which can benefit all members.

Data for Cape Town Internet Exchange - CINX as shown in PeeringDB in November 2025

Members of this IXP

110

ASNs (autonomous system numbers) are listed in PeeringDB

In the last 12 months

ASNs left1
New ASNs joined7

Participates in the MANRS IXP program

Yes

IXPs that join this voluntary program apply a framework of enhanced routing security in peering. It signals an extra commitment to responsible Internet stewardship.

Source: MANRS

RIPE Atlas anchor

Organizations that run IXPs can host anchors to measure Internet connectivity and traffic. An anchor is a large capacity probe often used by IXPs.

Source: RIPEStat

Member information

Last sync from PeeringDB: November 2025

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Countries of registration

A summary of member registrations by country. An IXP with a mixture of international and near-neighbor members can indicate that an IXP is influential, or acts as a hub within its region or sub-region.

South Africa: 89
United States of America: 8
Mauritius: 4
United Kingdom: 2
Hong Kong: 2

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Canada: 1
Netherlands: 1
Seychelles: 1
Spain: 1
China: 1

Types of network at this IXP

The mix of members is an indication of a strength or focus of an IXP.

Cable/DSL/ISP: 53
NSP: 31
Content: 10
Enterprise: 5
Non-Profit: 4

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Educational/Research: 3
Route Server: 1
Network Services: 1
Route Collector: 1
Unknown: 1

Members peering at the route server

97 / 110

The route server is a central hub that makes it easier for all networks to peer without having to create individual agreements with other members.

Members using RPKI

97 / 110

members at this IXP use Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI), a security measure that helps ensure traffic is routed correctly. A member is counted as using RPKI if they have at least one valid ROA.

Peering policies of IXP members

Members of an IXP can choose how they peer with others. The Internet Society encourages open policies where possible.

Member list for Cape Town Internet Exchange - CINX

This list uses the data available in PeeringDB, which is based on self-reported data, and was last updated in Pulse November 2025

Name	AS Number	Peering policy	RPKI Enabled
Liquid Intelligent Technologies Autonomous system (AS) number: 30844 Type of AS: NSP Peering policy: Open Port speed: 10 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: United Kingdom Total peering locations for this AS: 24	30844	Open	Yes
AllWorldIT ZA Autonomous system (AS) number: 328112 Type of AS: NSP Peering policy: Open Port speed: 10 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: South Africa Total peering locations for this AS: 23	328112	Open	Yes
Lightstruck Connect T/A Yutiliti Autonomous system (AS) number: 329481 Type of AS: Cable/DSL/ISP Peering policy: Open Port speed: 10 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: South Africa Total peering locations for this AS: 4	329481	Open	Yes
HERO TELECOMS Autonomous system (AS) number: 328471 Type of AS: Cable/DSL/ISP Peering policy: Open Port speed: 200 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: South Africa Total peering locations for this AS: 6	328471	Open	Yes
DataKeepers Autonomous system (AS) number: 328170 Type of AS: Enterprise Peering policy: Open Port speed: 100 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: South Africa Total peering locations for this AS: 3	328170	Open	Yes
BGP.Tools Route Collector Autonomous system (AS) number: 212232 Type of AS: Route Collector Peering policy: Open Port speed: 10 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: United Kingdom Total peering locations for this AS: 123	212232	Open	Yes
Akamai Technologies Autonomous system (AS) number: 20940 Type of AS: Content Peering policy: Open Port speed: 100 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: Netherlands Total peering locations for this AS: 230	20940	Open	Yes
LNX Solutions Autonomous system (AS) number: 329276 Type of AS: Cable/DSL/ISP Peering policy: Open Port speed: 20 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: South Africa Total peering locations for this AS: 4	329276	Open	Yes
meteversecloud Autonomous system (AS) number: 54994 Type of AS: NSP Peering policy: Open Port speed: 10 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: Canada Total peering locations for this AS: 80	54994	Open	Yes
PCH AS42 Autonomous system (AS) number: 42 Type of AS: Educational/Research Peering policy: Open Port speed: 10 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 322	42	Open	Yes
AFRINIC DNS Support Autonomous system (AS) number: 37177 Type of AS: Non-Profit Peering policy: Open Port speed: 10 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: Mauritius Total peering locations for this AS: 13	37177	Open	Yes
Cloudflare Autonomous system (AS) number: 13335 Type of AS: Content Peering policy: Open Port speed: 20 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: No Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 345	13335	Open	Yes
AFRINIC RFC5855 Service Autonomous system (AS) number: 37181 Type of AS: Non-Profit Peering policy: Open Port speed: 10 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: Mauritius Total peering locations for this AS: 13	37181	Open	Yes
Adept Internet Autonomous system (AS) number: 15022 Type of AS: Cable/DSL/ISP Peering policy: Open Port speed: 2 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: South Africa Total peering locations for this AS: 4	15022	Open	Yes
PCH AS3856 Autonomous system (AS) number: 3856 Type of AS: Educational/Research Peering policy: Open Port speed: 10 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 316	3856	Open	Yes
Vanilla Autonomous system (AS) number: 37199 Type of AS: Cable/DSL/ISP Peering policy: Open Port speed: 10 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: South Africa Total peering locations for this AS: 3	37199	Open	Yes
Rackzar Autonomous system (AS) number: 329206 Type of AS: Content Peering policy: Open Port speed: 100 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: South Africa Total peering locations for this AS: 4	329206	Open	Yes
Interworks Connectivity Solutions Autonomous system (AS) number: 327983 Type of AS: Cable/DSL/ISP Peering policy: Open Port speed: 1 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: South Africa Total peering locations for this AS: 5	327983	Open	Yes
Telasera Autonomous system (AS) number: 328723 Type of AS: Enterprise Peering policy: Open Port speed: 20 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: South Africa Total peering locations for this AS: 2	328723	Open	Yes
Atomic Access Autonomous system (AS) number: 328266 Type of AS: Cable/DSL/ISP Peering policy: Open Port speed: 20 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: South Africa Total peering locations for this AS: 3	328266	Open	Yes
Cool Ideas Autonomous system (AS) number: 37680 Type of AS: Cable/DSL/ISP Peering policy: Open Port speed: 20 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: South Africa Total peering locations for this AS: 9	37680	Open	Yes
SADV Autonomous system (AS) number: 37049 Type of AS: Cable/DSL/ISP Peering policy: Open Port speed: 10 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: South Africa Total peering locations for this AS: 6	37049	Open	Yes
China Mobile International Autonomous system (AS) number: 58453 Type of AS: NSP Peering policy: Restrictive Port speed: 10 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: Yes Country of registration: Hong Kong Total peering locations for this AS: 22	58453	Restrictive	Yes
Amazon.com Autonomous system (AS) number: 16509 Type of AS: Enterprise Peering policy: Selective Port speed: 200 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: No Country of registration: United States of America Total peering locations for this AS: 152	16509	Selective	Yes
NTT DATA, IS, South Africa Autonomous system (AS) number: 3741 Type of AS: NSP Peering policy: Selective Port speed: 110 Gbps Does this member peer at the route server?: No Country of registration: South Africa Total peering locations for this AS: 10	3741	Selective	Yes
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