Omaha IX enables enterprise peering to lower egress costs

1623 Farnam promotes Omaha IX as a practical peering option for enterprises.

• Main announcement/action: 1623 Farnam positions Omaha IX (the Omaha Internet Exchange) as a regional Internet Exchange that enterprises can join from a colocated rack to reduce cloud egress costs, improve latency and increase resilience; enterprises at 1623 Farnam can connect to the IX via physical or virtual cross-connects and configure BGP peering to selected networks.
• Background and implementation details: The article outlines operational steps (physical/virtual cross connect, BGP peering sessions, incremental traffic shift), notes access to more than 60 carriers and network providers at 1623 Farnam, and describes the IX as complementing private cloud on-ramps, private interconnects, MPLS/SD-WAN and other connectivity models.