TheSCAX (The South Coast Access Exchange) is a local Internet Exchange (IX) serving southwestern Oregon in the United States. Built in partnership with 600Amps Internet Services, it has a physical access point in Brookings, Oregon. Its goal is not to cache web pages or distribute static assets like a traditional CDN, but to enable Ethernet/IP interconnection and BGP peering so that traffic between local networks no longer has to detour through Portland, Seattle, or the California Bay Area whenever possible.
Based on the available information, TheSCAX focuses on βKeep Local Traffic Local.β Members exchange traffic through the IX and can technically send traffic to other peering members at line rate, reducing end-to-end latency, lowering upstream transit traffic, and adding available paths to improve routing efficiency and resiliency. Its coverage is clearly defined and regional: it serves Southwestern Oregon, with a physical PoP in Brookings, and describes itself as the only IX in the region offering peering and interconnect services. The entry requirements are more carrier-grade in nature: participants need an ARIN public ASN, up-to-date PeeringDB and Whois records, and at least an IPv4 /24 or IPv6 /48 prefix that can be announced on the IX.
TheSCAX does not bill like a typical CDN based on traffic volume or peak bandwidth. Instead, it charges by port and cross connection. The first 1Gbps port is free, with additional 1Gbps ports at $200/month; 10Gbps ports are $250/month, with additional ports also at $250/month; 25Gbps and 100Gbps ports are currently unavailable. Cross connection costs $25/month. There are no activation or setup fees, no contract requirement, and service is month-to-month. Exchanged traffic itself is free, which can be very attractive for local ISPs looking to control transit costs.
The advantages are its clear regional focus, extremely low cost for the first 1Gbps port, and the ability to significantly reduce routing detours for local traffic. It is well suited to local ISPs, institutional networks, and network operators with BGP capability. The drawbacks are that it does not provide CDN caching, DDoS protection, edge computing, global PoPs, or mainland China nodes; high-speed port availability is also limited at the moment. For ordinary business websites, cross-border e-commerce, or video-on-demand platforms, TheSCAX is not a direct website acceleration solution.
The available information does not mention access from China, payment methods, ICP filing, or China-based nodes, so usability from China is unknown. If the requirement is mainland China website acceleration or compliant content delivery, Alibaba Cloud CDN, Tencent Cloud CDN, or Wangsu Science & Technology would be more relevant options. For global CDN needs, Cloudflare, Fastly, Akamai, or AWS CloudFront are closer to the usual choices.
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