Bluebird Brings Internet Exchange Fabric to Less Congested Markets

Bluebird Networks is bringing internet exchanges to its midwest roots, adding capability to its smaller market footprint and helping to avoid more congested larger markets. The company said it is now operating internet exchanges in two of its data centers. The exchanges are in Bettendorf, Iowa, and in Springfield, Missouri. Both exchanges have about 30 internet providers signed on to exchange traffic, and 10 more providers are in the process of connecting to the Bettendorf exchange. Bluebird Networks was created in 2011 when Missouri Network Alliance, a statewide network that had been owned and operated by a group of smaller rural telcos in the state since 1999, merged with Bluebird Media, operator of a middle mile network serving parts of Missouri and three neighboring states. In 2019, investment company Macquarie Infrastructure Partners bought Bluebird Networks.