Reseller & Partner Policy

Any reseller connected over 1 Gbps can host a maximum of 10 LocIX members in their network. This guarantees every member at least 100 Mbps dedicated connectivity when all members max out their ports.

Members are limited to 1 ASN per port. A second ASN requires another IX membership and a second port.

Remote membership is not allowed - this includes any kind of GRE / VPN tunnel.

You can be a direct member if you have the means to connect to LocIX over cross-connects.

As a reseller you can host up to 10 members over your network, including your own.

Reseller ports have MAC filtering.

To host more than 10 members, connect to LocIX over 10 Gbps via cross-connect or dark fibre. All costs are paid by the reseller and it must be a direct connection to ensure redundancy and avoid upstream saturation. In this case you can host up to 100 ASNs.

For 10 Gbps reseller connections, no VLANs are accepted - it must be direct.

As a reseller or partner you cannot tunnel members through remotely.

Resellers cannot charge a membership fee for LocIX under any conditions.

To be a partner you should have at least 2× 10 Gbps connections to LocIX and be approved by the core team.

Partners can also host resellers. ASN and network limitations are combined for partners and their resellers.

An approved partner hosting a LocIX switch can have as many members as capacity allows - rule of thumb: ≥ 100 Mbps per member. capacity / ASNs ≥ 100 Mbps. A 20 Gbps link therefore caps at 200 ASNs total, including reseller members.

The partner↔LocIX link may run at 75th-percentile usage at most. Above 75% you should add capacity; ideally peak usage stays under 60%.

Partners may apply cross-connect or L2 transport fees to justify the dark fibre / cross-connect they installed to the LocIX route server.

LocIX reserves the right to deny any application without justification.

Connections over 10G ports may be subject to switch limitations in your location. If no ports are available you may donate a switch or wait until LocIX can provision one.

For cross-connects, a "bring your own optics" rule applies.

LocIX is a non-profit project and intends to stay that way. Provisioning, configuration and management are handled by the team in their free time - delays may be expected.

Partners and resellers with their own dark fibres / wavelengths may charge for the L2 connection they provide to LocIX to cover their own carrier costs.

LocIX exists to exchange traffic between operators across several datacenters - reducing transit costs and reaching the peering platform from facilities with no IX presence.

Using LocIX for purposes inconsistent with the project (e.g. L2 transport between datacenters) results in immediate disconnection and exclusion without justification.

Lack of knowledge of the regulations does not relieve a member of responsibility.