Port Fees
SwissIX has currently no recurring fees for peering via a 1 Gbps port. A yearly membership or participation fee applies to all members or participants (CHF 400.-). Our sponsors made this possible.
SwissIX Peering Pricing (January 1st, 2024):
All rates displayed in CHF excl. VAT.
One-time Setup Fees
Datacenter location | Cross Connect | Maximum Speed | Setup Fee payable to SwissIX |
colobern.ch, Bern | First cross-connect setup costs (OTC) sponsored by colobern.ch | 100G* | 500.- |
colozueri.ch, Zurich | First cross-connect setup costs (OTC) sponsored by colozueri.ch | 100G* | 500.- |
Digital Realty, Glattbrugg | Monthly recurring costs sponsored by Digital Realty | 100G* | 1’000.- |
Equinix Datacenter 4, Zürich | ask for a quote at Equinix ServiceDesk | 100G* | 1’000.- |
Green Datacenter, Lupfig | Cross connect setup costs (OTC) and monthly costs (MRC) sponsored by Green Datacenter | 100G* | 500.- |
NTT Zurich 1, Ruemlang | ask for a quote at NTT | 10G* | 500.- |
*Maximum speed available at site for Peering Port Speed and Service as well.
Recurring Fees
Peering Port Speed | Peering Port Fee Recurring | Service Bandwidth | Service Fee Recurring | Fee Total payable to SwissIX Recurring |
1G | 400.- per year | 1G | – | 400.- per year |
10G | 200.- per month | 1Go10G 95/5 percentile | – | 200.- per month |
10G | 200.- per month | 10G | 150.- per month | 350.- per month |
100G | 750.- per month | 30Go100G 95/5 percentile | 450.- per month | 1’200.- per month |
100G | 750.- per month | 100G | 1’000.- per month | 1’750.- per month |
- The first 1G port is included with the membership/participation fee; additional ports are payable.
- For each paid port (1G on 10G interface and above) at a core site and route server, members and participants can get one free (MRC only!) “redundant port” at a different core site.
- 95/5 Percentile rules apply:
3 peaks are allowed over a period of 12 months. Auto-upgrade applies in case of >3 peaks above 1G (on 10G port) or 30G (on 100G port) bandwidth. - Aggregated traffic of all ports must stay below 80% (peak) of the total capacity of all paid ports
- Termination: Services and/or ports must be ceased with 3 months notice period ahead of the end of the invoice period (year, semester) per email to info@swissix.ch, no early termination (commercially) accepted.
- Reselling of VLAN services by members and participants is prohibited.
Fibre connections are only single-mode (9/125).
Miscellaneous Fees
Item | One Time Fee payable to SwissIX |
VLAN Service Setup on an existing SwissIX-Port | 250.- |
Downgrade of existing Port or Service speed | 500.- |
Forced Invoicing by Customers via Customer Portals | 250.- per invoice |
International Banking Fee (if international customer misses to transfer full amount as stated on invoice) | 20.- per invoice |
Redundant Ports and Capacity Rules
We encourage our members and participants with port speeds of 1Gbps on 10Gbps interface (burstable) and above to connect to multiple core sites for redundancy. The following rules apply in order to receive one or multiple “redundant ports” at no additional cost:
- For each paid BGP peering port at a core site, you can get one free “redundant port” at a different core site.
- Aggregated traffic of all ports must stay below 80% (peak) of the total capacity of all paid ports.
- E.g. if you order a 10G port in Datacenter A and a 10G backup port in Datacenter B, traffic in sum must stay below 8G. Traffic can be shared amongst the two ports freely as long as the total usage measures below 80%.
- Auto upgrade applies as stated in the connection agreement
Membership or Participation Fees
Type of membership/participation | Annual fee |
Incorporated entities, membership | 400.- |
These fees may change from time to time and if the General Assembly Meeting sees a need for it.
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