香港網路交換中心 HKIX Taimocracy翻譯20191113

【縛雞之見】

The physical equipment matters.

香港網路交換中心    HKIX

HKIX is a neutral and professional layer-two settlement-free Internet exchange point based in Hong Kong for faster and cheaper interconnections among different networks on Internet. Established in April 1995, Hong Kong Internet eXchange (HKIX) is owned and operated by the Hong Kong Internet eXchange Limited (a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Chinese University of Hong Kong Foundation Limited) in collaboration with Information Technology Services Centre (ITSC) of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).

HKIX是總部位於香港的中立且專業的第二層免結算互聯網交換點，可實現互聯網上不同網路之間更快，更便宜的互連。香港互聯網交流有限公司（HKIX）成立於1995年4月，由香港網路交換有限公司（香港中文大學基金會有限公司的全資子公司）與香港中文大學（CUHK）的資訊技術服務中心（ITSC）合作擁有和運營。

Internet exchange is a very important concept on Internet because different networks on Internet have to be interconnected directly or indirectly in order to maintain full connectivity to the whole Internet. In Hong Kong, many networks have their own links to overseas. They have to make interconnections locally in order to have faster and less expensive access to local nodes. HKIX was initiated with this point in mind. With easy interconnections provided by HKIX, all HKIX participants can be benefited because significant amount of precious International bandwidth can be saved. In additional to that, HKIX participants can exchange data much faster making the development of advanced Internet applications in Hong Kong more meaningful.

網路交換是網路上非常重要的概念，因為網路上的不同網路必須直接或間接互連，以保持與整個網路的完全連接。在香港，許多網路都有自己的海外鏈接。他們必須在本地進行互連，以便更快，更便宜地訪問本地節點。考慮到這一點，發起了HKIX。借助HKIX提供的便捷互連，所有HKIX參與者都將受益，因為可以節省大量寶貴的國際帶寬。此外，HKIX參與者可以更快地交換數據，從而使香港高級網路應用程序的開發變得更加有意義。

Although HKIX’s primary goal is to interconnect different networks in Hong Kong so that they can exchange intra-HongKong traffic locally without routing through overseas, HKIX can also be used for exchange of international traffic among the networks in Hong Kong and the networks in other countries or economies. In essence, HKIX serves all local and international networks including commercial service providers as well as research and education networks. Owing to its large scale and the high traffic volume it serves, HKIX is now widely considered as one of the largest Internet exchange points in Asia Pacific region.

儘管HKIX的主要目標是互連香港的不同網路，以便它們可以在本地交換香港內部流量而無需通過海外路由，但HKIX也可以用於在香港網路與其他國家或地區的網路之間交換國際流量。經濟。本質上，HKIX為所有本地和國際網路提供服務，包括商業服務提供商以及研究和教育網路。由於其規模大和服務量大，HKIX現在被廣泛認為是亞太地區最大的網路交換點之一。

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