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In the Dominican Republic IX.DO Begins Silent Production, with Several Committed Members The Dominican Republic’s new Internet Exchange Point (IXP) already has 24 members, three of which began exchanging traffic in November 2020. Another four will start this quarter – including the largest operators in the country. The IX.DO was born after frustrated attempts. A government-led initiative in 2007 never became operational and the data center NAP del Caribe started pushing for the implementation of an IXP when it arrived in the country in 2008. A decade later, in 2017, the Internet Society Dominican Republic Chapter reignited efforts after organizing a series of local Internet governance forums. They touched on the topic of infrastructure and included discussion panels on IXP best practices with experts from the Latin American and Caribbean Internet Address Registry (LACNIC). These were attended by regulators, telecommunications companies, and academics, who also reflected

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