The Moscow Internet Exchange (MSK-IX) is an Internet Exchange Point in Moscow, Russia. MSK-IX is a neutral and independent entity, originally established in 1995 with a single location inside of the Moscow International Telephone Exchange (Russian: ММТС-9), but it is now comprised of eight geographically-diverse locations in Moscow interconnected via Gigabit links. As of October 2006, the weekday throughput passes the 8 Gbit/s mark at 10:00 and stays beyond 10 Gbit/s during the timeline from 12:00 till 18:00, slowly returning to 8 Gbit/s during the evening hours from 18:00 till 24:00, whereas during the middle of the night towards the very early morning it could be as low as 3 Gbit/s. During the weekends and public holidays the daytime and evening throughput usually stays at around 8 Gbit/s. MSK-IX has more than 200 members as of October 2006, and membership is open to any company regardless of its geographical location.
