LyonIX and Top-IX (Torino and Piemonte Internet Exchange) have established a direct connection between their IXPs in 2008 to support traffic between members of two transalpine structures.
With this interconnection, each LyonIX member can exchange (or "peer") with TOP-IX members, and thus their mutual traffic follows the new path which is shorter and faster, issued by LyonIX and Top-IX. And the Lyonix exchange capacity and Top-IX go beyond regional borders.


Cooperation between Lyonix and Top-IX implies first high-speed connection between the Rhône-Alpes region in France and the Piedmont in Italy, but other projects will emerge from this new technological opportunity.