Contributions to the Liverpool Internet Exchange
IX Liverpool was built on contributions of space, equipment, money and time from our community, not including of course the countless hours of voluntary time from our team. We are currently interested in the following items (please check back regularly as we update this page frequently):
- SFP optics
- Switches, Routers, firewalls etc
- Cat 5/6 cabling
- Cable trunking, conduit and accessorises
- Communications cabinets and server racks
- Servers, any type
- Raspberry Pi’s
- Tables, chairs and general office furniture
- Petty Cash (If you can donate cash to us, please send this to paypal@ixliverpool.net, thank you)
Past Contributions
2015
- Legal costs for Incorporation donated by Telecoms Cloud Limited
- RIPE IP & ASN allocation fees donated by Telecoms Cloud Limited
- Domain name fees donated by Telecoms Cloud Limited
- Web and internet services (WordPress theme) donated by Crosby Systems Limited
- Domain name (ixliverpool.net) donated by Aimes
2016 -2017
DC01 Project Contributions
- Land to build data centre with free electricity for 5 years donated by Baltic Creative
- Custom shipping container to IXL specification donated by Gap Containers
- Timber, Insulation and other building materials donated by Firwood Timber
- Toshiba Super Digital Inverter Air Conditioning System equipment donated by Cool Designs Ltd
- Toshiba Super Digital Inverter Air Conditioning System materials and installation donated by Enviro Cool North West Ltd
- Toshiba Super Digital Inverter Air Conditioning System 5 years ongoing servicing and maintenance donated by Enviro Cool North West Ltd
- 2500 x 1250 x 3mm Metal floor plate supplied at cost price by Higson Edwards, Liverpool donated by Crosby Systems Limited
- Electricity supply cable and installation, 50% of the cost donated by Eastwood Guitars, Liverpool
- 2x Extreme Summit X450e-24p Switches donated by the London Internet Exchange (LINX)
- 87 x PC Servers (for our liverpoolcommunitygrid.org project) donated by MICT, Liverpool
- 42U Communications Rack Cabinet donated by Phoenix Safe Co Ltd, Liverpool
- APC SUA2200RM12U UPS donated by MGISS
- Dell PowerEdge 2950 server donated by MGISS
- 2017 Internet Exchange Map – donated by Shop Direct, Liverpool
- 24U HP Server Rack donated by Telecoms Cloud Limited
- 5 x HP DL380 Rack Mount Servers brand new still in boxes donated by Anonymous
- Various Electrical products, wiring and power systems donated by Squeaky Energy Limited
- Brand new boxed Cisco 2950 Router donated by Cisco Systems
- 6 x Cisco PIX 515E Routers donated by Telecoms Cloud Limited
- Bel Audio BCR Series A1 Rack Mounted Monitor donated by Radio City, Liverpool
- HP Procurve 10/100 Hub 24M donated by Anonymous
- HP Procurve 1800-24G donated by Anonymous
- Dell Powerconnect 5224 donated by Anonymous
- HP ProCurve Switch 2510-24 donated by Anonymous
- 4 x APC Masterswitch AP9212 donated by Anonymous
- Vortex Communications TimeLord GPS Time System donated by Telecoms Cloud Limited
- Burnside T910 Fixed Celluar Unit donated by Telecoms Cloud Limited
- Spare netblock provided by Baltic Broadband Limited
- Telehouse North rackspace, power, and cross-connects donated by Baltic Broadband Limited
- Ethernet cards, cabling, and misc parts donated by Baltic Broadband Limited
- HP Proliant Microserver donated by Liverpool Pride
- Brother HL-4570CDW Color Printer and various cartridges donated by Milky Tea, Liverpool
Other items
- Bookkeeping and Accountancy Services donated by Jonathan Ford and Co
- Domain name fees donated by Matt Wilson Associates Limited
- Meeting room facilities (for board meetings) donated by Baltic Creative
- Meetup subscription fee’s donated by David Parr
- Bag of Ethernet cables donated by Anonymous
2018- 2019
- Donation of accountancy services and various compliance work, SB&B Accountants
- Donation of over 100 used switches, Unilever PLC
DC02 Project Contributions
- Space and free electricity for data centre room, Jason Abbott, The Tapestry
- Large donation of various network items, PC’s, switches and UPS’s, by RefineGroup
Other items
- Fibre optic cable donated by BT
- Bookkeeping and Accountancy Services by Jonathan Ford and Co