DE-CIX is the carrier neutral and independent Internet Exchange in Frankfurt/Germany. Founded in 1995, DE-CIX established an environment for the bilateral settlement-free exchange of Internet traffic. Today DE-CIX has over 230 customers from 30+ nations using peering to lower costs and to increase IP performance. This makes DE-CIX the leading Internet Exchange for Central and Eastern Europe and one of the largest Internet Exchanges in the world.