Traffic evolution
quadrupled within 7 years
Due to the strong rise of mobile internet, e-commerce, cloud services and the Internet of Things.
Trafic evolution 2019 vs 2020
Traffic increased by 37.5% in one year.
Data volume 2020
The Belgian Internet node processed 869 616 000 GB of data.
New participants in 2020
In 2020, BNIX welcomed four new participants: Combell, Wordline, Proximus Luxembourg and Localitel.
The BNIX platform
Participants
57 companies and organizations are connected to the BNIX platform.
Datacenters
The BNIX infrastructure is spread over 3 locations in and around Brussels.
Active connections: number and types
Infrastructure
13.2 Tbps It is the capacity of the switches. They are 4x more powerful than the previous ones.
peaks and lows
Top month
Most traffic was exchanged during the first and second lockdown. On Tuesday 15 December 2020, traffic on BNIX exceeded the cape of 600 gigabit per second.
Top moments
The peaks on the BNIX platform in 2020 mainly occurred in the afternoon instead of the evening, especially because of many people working from home.
Low moments
Trafic decreased on Saturdays and Sundays.