An Internet exchange point impacts on both economic and social sectors, such as an airport or train station.

Technically...

...A GIX reduces the latency, which is useful for all interactive applications, video games, teleconferencing and web 2.0. It globally improves the bandwidth and the routing efficiency, by increasing the number of possible paths.

Financially...

...It sharpens the competition : an Internet exchange increases the number of potential providers, thus stimulating the offer. At an economic level for the municipalities, the GIX maintains the Internet jobs offer in the area where it is located and limits mass migration to Paris. This kind of Internet infrastructure also provides many benefits for a municipality : it attracts foreign companies (high tech and network) which are used to benefit from a internet exchange point and to easily purchase Internet capacity.


The GIX encourages technological start-ups and develops relationships with research and training organizations.

A study on the "impact of the Internet on the French economy" has been made recently by McKinsey. Indeed, the Internet would have an impact on national GDP and French economy growth but also on the job offer.