A different Internet Exchange

400k+ prefixes behind AS215551

Control what IXPs (e.g. AMS-IX) you want to announce and receive prefixes from.

Anti-DDOS Built in

RTBH support for blackholing on Layer2 right in the switch ASICs

Favorable pricing

An internet exchange is basically a bunch of switches. It should not cost an arm and a leg

Stable infrastructure

Multiple paths between the equipment and the route-servers running on the actual IXP switches

Multiple locations