- Every member or canditate must have a valid non private ASN (Autonomous System Number) and use BGP4 for peerings. Candidate must also have an internet relatedbusiness and an 24x7 operational contact.
- Peering relationships between members themselves aren't regulated by FreeBIX. Every member is responsible for arranging peering agreements with other members.
- Only free peering traffic is allowed over FreeBIX - members shall not sell transit over the FreeBIX infrastructure.
- FreeBIX doesn't offer hosting services on FreeBIX POP so only cables (twisted pair and fiber) will be allowed from members. Hosting of member muxes, routers, switches, and all other equipement are the responsibilty of the member.
- FreeBIX cannot be responsible for direct or indirect consequential loss, loss of profits, business, revenue, goodwill, or anticipated savings resulting from a FreeBIX service outage
- IPv4 address space assigned to FreeBIX members shall not be advertised to other networks. Members shall not use other IP Subnet over FreeBIX Vlan and shall not connect other devices than necessary BGP router.
- FreeBIX connected interfaces must only use IP addresses and netmasks (prefix lengths) assigned to them by FreeBIX. Router feature like ProxyARP, Spanning-tree, IGMP, CDP, IPX, RA aren't allowed and should be disabled.
- By default FreeBIX assigns one 100BaseTX port to members. 1000BaseSX/LX port are only available for members using at least 70 MBit/s (average) of their current Fast Ethernet connection. Every member is physically connected to FreeBIX switch via a dedicated cable. Cable sharing isn't allowed for multiple members.
- FreeBIX can suspend or discontinue the connection, in whole or in part : • If the member isn't respecting or agreeing to any of the above FreeBIX rules.
• In case of force majeur.
• If the FreeBIX receives an autoritative request or desire to comply with a statutory obligation.
• If maintenance is required.