Avers · Switzerland
PeeringDB records one exchange in Avers, FogIXP, the Fog Internet Exchange Point, with 433 participants, and no colocation facilities. The registry has no Swiss mobile carrier ASNs on it. An address that geolocates to Avers points at a registry entry and a peering record, not at hardware standing in the village.
Internet exchanges in Avers
An exchange is a shared switch where networks hand traffic to each other directly. Participant counts come from PeeringDB, where each network maintains its own record.
| Exchange | Participants | Registry carriers peering |
|---|---|---|
FogIXP Fog Internet Exchange Point | 433 | none in the registry |
Exchange records: PeeringDB.
What a Avers IP address tells you
Avers has a single entry in PeeringDB and it is an unusual one. FogIXP, the Fog Internet Exchange Point, records 433 participants, more than any exchange registered in Zurich, while the city has no colocation facility listed at all. Every peering record here belongs to that one exchange. None of Switzerland's mobile carriers appear on it. The ASNs of Swisscom, Sunrise and Salt are absent from the participant list, so the registry shows no Swiss mobile traffic being exchanged through Avers.
That gap between a large participant count and no facilities is a reminder of what a city field in a registry means. An exchange is registered to an address chosen by its operator, and participants join it from wherever their own equipment lives. In the same way, an operator announces address blocks against a registry record that names one location for the whole company. Geolocation databases read those published locations, so an address labelled Avers usually reflects paperwork rather than a device on a street in Avers.
Anyone checking such an address should read the origin ASN and the netname on the exact prefix. Those name the network that announces the block and the organisation that holds it, which is the part that stays true wherever the traffic enters or leaves. If the origin ASN belongs to a Swiss mobile operator, the city string tells you nothing about the handset, because no mobile carrier ASN appears on the one exchange registered here.
Mobile carriers in Switzerland
A mobile address in Avers is routed by one of the country's operators. Each entry lists the operator's ASNs, so you can check which network an address belongs to.
Questions
Which internet exchanges are in Avers?
One. PeeringDB registers FogIXP, the Fog Internet Exchange Point, to Avers, with 433 participants. No colocation facility is listed in the city, so the exchange record is the whole of the local entry.
Do Swiss mobile carriers peer in Avers?
Not in this snapshot. The mobile ASNs of Swisscom (AS3303), Sunrise (AS6730 and AS5426) and Salt (AS15796) do not appear among the 433 participants recorded on FogIXP, so the registry shows no Swiss mobile peering in the city.
Does an IP that geolocates to Avers mean the device is there?
No. A city label comes from the location an operator published with its address block, and Avers has no colocation facility on record. Read the origin ASN and the netname on the prefix instead of trusting the city field.
Sources
- PeeringDB - exchanges, participant counts, facilities and network presence, snapshot 2026-09-07
- PROXIES.SX carrier and ASN registry - operator ASNs used to match peering participants