1. help! reduce! network! congestion! and! increase! the! likelihood! of! local! peering! (ITU,! 2013).! It! has! been! suggested! that! the! presence! as! well! as! management! of! IXPs! can! impact! an! entire! region's! Internet! economy!;Ryan Gerson;Internet!exchange!points!(IXPs)!have!many!benefits!including!the!ability! to!,2012
2. !optimizing!the! use!of!international!connectivity,!improving!network!resilience!and!likely! quality!of!service,!reducing!transmission!costs!and!international!capacity! costs! (potentially! millions! of! dollars! per! year),! and! increasing! the! possibility! of! greater! internet! penetration! rates! (ITU,! 2013).! Indeed,! given! the! rise! of! the! internet! economy! and! the! intensification! of! the! internet's! centrality! to! everyday! life,! the! importance! of! IXPs! is! only! growing;! Itu;! Other! related! benefits! include:! reducing!the!number!of!network!hops!to!exchange!traffic,2013
3. ! Canada! only! had! three! IXPs.! In! the! last! year,! two! additional! IXPs! have! been! added! to! the! list.! By! comparison,! the! United! States! has! 86! IXPs! (Packet! clearing! house;! As;! As! Byron! Holland,! president!of!the!Canadian!Internet!Registration!Authority!notes,2012