YYCIX: Calgary Internet Exchange

YYCIX was built on contributions of space, equipment, money and time. We are interested in SFP optics, Cisco switches, and petty cash. Contact the board of directors at board@yycix.ca for contribution methods other than via PayPal.

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Past Contributions

2024

33 100G optics from TORIX.
100USD from Aaron Groom

2023

400G fabric upgrade project:
- 400G and 100G-bidi optics funded by Internet Society.
- Two 400G switches from Nutrien
- Funds for one 400G switch from Xplore
- Funds for one 400G switch from ERA
- Two DAC cables donated by Inderjodh Soora
- Nine DAC cables from Nutrien
- Fiber between City Hall and Equinix CL3 provided by City of Calgary
- Fiber between Arrow DC2 and Equinix CL3 provided by City of Calgary
- Fiber between Hatch Building and Equinix CL3 provided by City of Calgary
- Fiber between eStruxture and Equinix CL3 provided by City of Calgary
- Additional datacenter crossconnects from Equinix, City of Calgary, Arrow, and eStruxture.
Five 100G-LR4 optics from Fastly
Two 100G-LR4 optics from Stephen Fulton
Fiber from Datahive to telecom room provided by Datahive
$1000 from Accutar
$450 USD from Sean McKenzie
Server for IRR cache from Brock Richards

2022

One 100G-LR4 optic from Denvr
Four 100G DAC cables donated by Inderjodh Soora
One 100G LR optic donated by Datahive
Four 100G ER optics were donated by flexoptix.net

2021

$100 donated by Martin Hannigan
Four 100G ER optics (for redundant paths between Arrow & City Hall to eStruxture) were donated by flexoptix.net
Twenty 10G-LR optics donated by Inderjodh Soora
10G-LR SFP donated by Ron Arsenault
Fiber between Arrow DC2 and City Hall provided by City of Calgary

2020

Nexus 93240 and Nexus 9336 donated by Internet Society
Fiber between Arrow DC2 and Arrow DC1 provided by City of Calgary
Nexus 93180 donated by Wolfpaw
Four 100G-LR4 20km optics donated by Inderjodh Soora
Server donated by Inderjodh Soora
Symmetricom time server from TORIX

2019

Fiber between Arrow and Datahive provided by Arrow and Datahive (no longer operational)
One Supermicro server donated by Inderjodh Soora

2018

Money to purchase two pairs 10G-bidi (40km) optics donated by Sean McKenzie
Fiber between Arrow and Rogers provided by City of Calgary
Fiber between Arrow and Shaw Datacenter provided by City of Calgary
Nexus 93180 donated by Anonymous
Nexus 93180 donated by OpenBSD Foundation
Rackspace, power, and cross-connects provided by Rogers
Fiber between City Hall and Rogers provided by City of Calgary
Six 100G-LR4 optics donated by Inderjodh Soora

2017

Nexus 93180 donated by PCH
2 pairs 10G-bidi (20km) optics donated by Sean McKenzie
Two 40G-LR optics donated by Sean McKenzie
Fiber between City Hall and Shaw Datacenter provided by City of Calgary
Pair of 10G-bidi (20km) optics donated by Sean McKenzie
Nexus 93240YC-FX2 donated by CIRA
Nexus 93180 donated by Inderjodh Soora
Fiber between City Hall and Arrow provided by City of Calgary
Three 40G-LR optics donated by Inderjodh Soora
Two 100G-LR4 optics donated by Inderjodh Soora
Rackspace, power, and cross-connects provided by Arrow
2018 AGM meeting room rental donated by Sebo Systems
One RJ45 SFP donated by Colin Bodor
$1200 donated by Sean McKenzie

2016

$100 donated by Stephen Fulton
$1000 donated by Cybera
$500 donated by Inderjodh Soora
2 1G-SX SFP, 4 1G-LX SFP donated by Tyler Andruschak
$1000 donated by Sebo Systems
Two Nexus 5020 donated by Sebo Systems
4 10G-LR optics donated by Stephen Fulton
$100 donated by Open-IX
5 10G-LR optics loaned by Theo de Raadt
$2500 donated by Accelerated Connections
$100 donated by Job Snijders
Two Nexus 93180 donated by PCH
One 40G-LR optic donated by Stephen Fulton
One 40G-LR optic donated by Theo de Raadt
Two 40G-LR optics donated by AXIA Connect

2015

2 SM patch cables donated by Robin Harder
2 Dell servers donated by Cybera
Nexus 92160YC-X donated by CIRA
2 10G-LR SFP donated by Mark Leonard
Rackspace, power, and cross-connects, and 10G circuit provided by Q9
5 Cisco RJ45 SFP donated by Theo de Raadt
2 SSD drives donated by Jason George
12 SM patch cables donated by Theo de Raadt
Nexus 3064PQ donated by Bob Kitella
Catalyst C3750 switch donated by Jim Clarke
HP switch donated by Theo de Raadt
APU server donated by Theo de Raadt
10G-LR SFP loaned by Robin Harder
Rackspace, power, and cross-connects, and 10G circuit provided by Shaw
10G-LR SFP donated by Inderjodh Soora
3 SM patch cables donated by Anonymous
ARIN fees 2016 ($300) donated by Theo de Raadt
2016 AGM meeting room rental donated by Theo de Raadt and Hurricane Electric
2016 AGM Coffee service donated by Tyler Andruschak, Colin Bodor, and Jim Clarke
Second fiber between City Hall to Datahive provided by City of Calgary
Fiber Crossconnect provided by Datahive

2014

ARIN fees 2014, $300 donated by Theo de Raadt
4 1G-LR SFP donated by Robin Harder
8 1G-LR SFP donated by Sean Renwick
3 10G-SR SFP donated by Cybera
3 10G-LR SFP donated by Cybera
ARIN fees 2015, $300 donated by Theo de Raadt
2015 AGM meeting room rental donated by Bob Kitella

2013

ARIN fees 2013 ($300) donated by Theo de Raadt
Catalyst 4900M donated by PCH (YYCIX switch #3 at Datahive)
Dell server donated by Colin Bodor
Various small Cisco switches donated by Jason George
Bag of ethernet cables donated by Jason George
Labeller donated by Mark Cordingley
Nexus 5010 donated by Theo de Raadt (YYCIX switch #2 at City Hall)
Fiber between Datahive and City Hall provided by City of Calgary
Rackspace, power, and cross-connects provided by City of Calgary
2014 AGM meeting room rental donated by Bob Kitella

2012

Legal costs for Incorporation donated by Bob Beck
ARIN ASN allocation fees ($500) donated by Theo de Raadt
Domain name fees donated by Theo de Raadt
Spare netblock provided by CUUG
ARIN IP resource allocation fees ($1000) donated by Mark Cordingley
Rackspace, power, and cross-connects provided by DataHive
2 Catalyst c3560G switches donated by Jason Lixfeld (YYCIX switch #1 at Datahive)
Ethernet cards, cabling, and misc parts donated by ERA.ca
APC Power distribution unit donated by Jason George
3 Dell servers donated by Bob Kitella
Brocade switch donated by Greg Hankins
Web and internet services provided by Sebo Systems
Email services provided by Imperium
2 Brocade switches donated by Anonymous
ALIX for AS112 server donated by Jason George
2013 AGM meeting room rental donated by Bob Kitella