Boston
United States · metro area of about 2,740,000 people
118Unique networks on its exchanges
3Exchanges
22Facilities with networks or exchanges
136Networks listed in its buildings
55In its buildings, on no local exchange
Exchanges and facilities are placed in the Boston area when they're within 60 km of it. Unique networks counts each network once, however many local exchanges it's on (17 are on more than one). Networks listed in a building come from PeeringDB.
Exchanges
| Exchange | Peers | Only here |
|---|---|---|
| MASS-IXMASS IX, Boston/Massachusetts Internet Exchange | 78 | 61 |
| Boston Internet ExchangeBoston Internet Exchange | 57 | 40 |
| MegaIX Bostonghost | 3 | 3 |
Membership overlap
Networks two exchanges have in common. The diagonal is each exchange's own count.
| MASS-IX | Boston Intern… | |
|---|---|---|
| MASS-IX | 78 | 17 |
| Boston Internet Exchange | 17 | 57 |
Major content networks here (23)
Content networks on the area's exchanges, the most widely peered first.
- AS13335 Cloudflare · 360 exchanges worldwide
- AS20940 Akamai Technologies · 259 exchanges worldwide
- AS32934 Meta · 220 exchanges worldwide
- AS8075 Microsoft · 211 exchanges worldwide
- AS15169 Google LLC · 189 exchanges worldwide
- AS54113 Fastly, Inc. · 156 exchanges worldwide
- AS2906 Netflix · 112 exchanges worldwide
- AS10310 Yahoo · 91 exchanges worldwide
- AS714 Apple Inc. · 85 exchanges worldwide
- AS36351 SoftLayer Technologies, Inc. (an IBM Company) · 55 exchanges worldwide
- AS14340 Salesforce.com · 40 exchanges worldwide
- AS47583 Hostinger International · 8 exchanges worldwide
- AS17054 Expedient · 4 exchanges worldwide
- AS32286 TripAdvisor LLC · 3 exchanges worldwide
- AS20253 Qwilt · 3 exchanges worldwide
- AS33083 Axcelx Technologies LLC · 2 exchanges worldwide
- AS397700 LXXIX Project Lab LLC · 2 exchanges worldwide
- AS26167 Markley Cloud Services · 1 exchanges worldwide
- AS27255 Cogo Labs, Inc. · 1 exchanges worldwide
- AS393965 EndLayer, LLC · 1 exchanges worldwide
- AS54611 intelligent technology solutions · 1 exchanges worldwide
- AS26527 LightWave Networks - Boston · 1 exchanges worldwide
- AS22989 Free Software Foundation · 1 exchanges worldwide
Content networks missing here
On the exchanges of comparable markets (same region, half to twice as many networks), but not here.
Recruitment opportunities (55)
Networks listed in the area's buildings in PeeringDB that aren't on any exchange here, the most widely peered first. For one exchange's prospects, with the evidence for each, use its recruitment report.
| Network | Type | Policy | Exchanges worldwide |
|---|---|---|---|
| AS16276 OVHcloud | Content | Open | 109 |
| AS54994 meteversecloud | NSP | Open | 98 |
| AS60068 CDN77 | Content | Open | 70 |
| AS5400 BT | NSP | Restrictive | 63 |
| AS8220 Colt | NSP | Selective | 54 |
| AS6461 Zayo | NSP | Restrictive | 51 |
| AS30081 CacheFly | Content | Open | 45 |
| AS49915 Megaport Global Access | NSP | Selective | 31 |
| AS58453 China Mobile International | NSP | Restrictive | 28 |
| AS198057 Flooyd Telecom LTDA | Cable/DSL/ISP | Open | 16 |
| AS2914 NTT Global IP Network | NSP | Restrictive | 15 |
| AS17378 TierPoint LLC | NSP | Open | 13 |
| AS18978 Enzu Inc. | Content | Open | 8 |
| AS401988 5005 LLC | Enterprise | Open | 7 |
| AS1299 Arelion (Twelve99) | NSP | Restrictive | 6 |
| AS1239 Sprint - AS1239 | NSP | Selective | 5 |
| AS3257 GTT Communications (AS3257) | NSP | Restrictive | 5 |
| AS14277 GiGstreem | Cable/DSL/ISP | Open | 5 |
| AS174 Cogent Communications, Inc. | NSP | No | 4 |
| AS4556 PacketFabric | NSP | Selective | 3 |
| AS11776 Breezeline | Cable/DSL/ISP | Open | 3 |
| AS22822 Edgio - AS22822 | Content | Selective | 3 |
| AS40160 Sinch Voice AS40160 | Content | Restrictive | 3 |
| AS10946 Network Time Foundation, Inc. | Non-Profit | Open | 2 |
| AS12213 Centersquare-AS12213 | Network Services | Open | 2 |
| AS53292 ManagedWay Company | Open | 2 | |
| AS216440 HOOP7NETWORK | Network Services | Selective | 2 |
| AS393319 Anduril Industries | Enterprise | Selective | 2 |
| AS402062 AUTOMATION EXCHANGE | Open | 2 | |
| AS701 Verizon | NSP | Restrictive | 1 |
| AS14325 OSHEAN, Inc | Educational/Research | Open | 1 |
| AS15072 Netriplex Corporation | NSP | Open | 1 |
| AS46873 Host Color | Content | Open | 1 |
| AS51747 Internet Vikings International | NSP | Selective | 1 |
| AS54058 Rakuten | Content | Selective | 1 |
| AS396914 Pacific Northwest Net | Content | Open | 1 |
| AS111 Boston University | Educational/Research | Restrictive | 0 |
| AS7015 Comcast - New England | Cable/DSL/ISP | Restrictive | 0 |
| AS7775 Irontrust Networks | NSP | Open | 0 |
| AS7849 Crocker Communications, Inc | Cable/DSL/ISP | Open | 0 |
| AS7922 Comcast | Cable/DSL/ISP | Selective | 0 |
| AS10961 Boston GigaPoP | Educational/Research | Open | 0 |
| AS11174 Athena Health AS11174 | Enterprise | Selective | 0 |
| AS11524 segTEL | Cable/DSL/ISP | Open | 0 |
| AS20443 VergeTel Networks LLC | NSP | Selective | 0 |
| AS22773 Cox Communications | Cable/DSL/ISP | Selective | 0 |
| AS27382 ColoSpace, Inc. | NSP | Selective | 0 |
| AS29791 Internap | NSP | No | 0 |
| AS32298 Centersquare-AS32298 | NSP | Open | 0 |
| AS36116 KAYAK-US | Open | 0 | |
| AS40105 PriVerify | Open | 0 | |
| AS40444 Constant Contact, Inc. | Content | Selective | 0 |
| AS396350 Boom Communications | NSP | Open | 0 |
| AS399011 C3Aero | Enterprise | Restrictive | 0 |
| AS400138 Databento | Open | 0 |
Facilities
| Facility | Networks listed | Exchanges |
|---|---|---|
| Markley Group One Summer Street BostonBoston | 81 | Boston Internet Exchange |
| CoreSite - Boston (BO1)Somerville | 40 | MASS-IX |
| Lumen BostonCambridge | 19 | MASS-IX |
| Evocative BOS1Somerville | 9 | MASS-IX |
| Hub Express SystemSomerville | 9 | MASS-IX |
| Digital Realty BOS14 - BostonNeedham | 8 | MASS-IX |
| EdgeConneX Boston (EDCBOS01)Billerica | 5 | MASS-IX |
| Markley Group LowellLowell | 1 | Boston Internet Exchange |
| Centersquare Boston (BOS1-A)Waltham | 5 | None |
| DataBank Boston (BOS1)Boston | 4 | None |
| Crown Castle Boston (1 Summer)Boston | 4 | None |
| Equinix BO1 - Boston, WalthamWaltham | 3 | None |
| Prov.net CHF1 (Boston North)Chelmsford | 2 | None |
| Equinix BO2 - Boston, BillericaBillerica | 2 | None |
| Centersquare Boston (BOS4-A)Watertown | 2 | None |
| TierPoint Boston - AndoverAndover | 2 | None |
| 200 Quannapowitt PkwyWakefield | 1 | None |
| ColoSpace - Waltham, MAWaltham | 1 | None |
| ColoSpace - Rockland, MARockland | 1 | None |
| ColoSpace - Somerville, MASomerville | 1 | None |
| Expedient BostonMedford | 1 | None |
| EXA CLS LynnLynn | 1 | None |