Arusha · Tanzania
PeeringDB records one exchange in Arusha, TIX Tanzania - Arusha (AIXP), with 16 participants, and one colocation facility, TTCL Arusha Telephone House, holding five networks. The exchange carries all 16 peers the registry lists for the city. An address that geolocates to Arusha reflects an operator's registered location for the block rather than a device's position.
Internet exchanges in Arusha
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 |
|---|---|---|
TIX Tanzania - Arusha (AIXP) Arusha Internet eXchange Point | 16 | none in the registry |
Exchange records: PeeringDB.
Colocation facilities
Buildings where networks put equipment. The network count is how many PeeringDB members list a presence there, which shows where capacity in the city sits.
| Facility | Networks present | Address |
|---|---|---|
| TTCL Arusha Telephone House | 5 | JMHW+93 Arusha 3245 Boma Rd |
What a Arusha IP address tells you
Arusha's recorded interconnection runs through one exchange. TIX Tanzania - Arusha (AIXP), listed as the Arusha Internet eXchange Point, has 16 participants, and those 16 are every peer PeeringDB records for the city. Colocation is smaller, with TTCL Arusha Telephone House the only facility on file and five networks present in it. Almost all of the interconnection the registry can see therefore happens on the exchange fabric rather than through private cross-connects between facility tenants. No mobile carrier ASN from the Tanzanian carrier list appears among the AIXP participants.
A database that places an address in Arusha repeats what an operator published for the block instead of measuring where a device connected. Registry records name a city for an allocation, and every address inside that allocation inherits the same city until the operator updates the entry. Mobile traffic compounds this, since handsets reach the internet through a handful of gateway addresses, so subscribers of a national operator spread over a wide area can all appear at one point.
Reading the prefix gives more than reading the city name. The origin ASN identifies the network announcing the block, and the netname and holder in the RIR record name the organisation that holds it. A prefix originating from a mobile operator suggests the address is a gateway serving a national footprint, while one originating from a network that peers at TIX Tanzania - Arusha (AIXP) or sits in TTCL Arusha Telephone House has a closer tie to the city itself.
Questions
Which internet exchange is in Arusha?
PeeringDB lists one, TIX Tanzania - Arusha (AIXP), recorded as the Arusha Internet eXchange Point. It has 16 participants, which is the whole of the city's peer count in the registry. The only listed facility is TTCL Arusha Telephone House, with five networks.
Do Tanzania mobile carriers peer in Arusha?
Not according to the registry. None of the Tanzanian mobile ASNs appear among the 16 participants at TIX Tanzania - Arusha (AIXP). An operator can carry traffic through the city without publishing a PeeringDB entry, so this is silence rather than a definite no.
Does an IP that geolocates to Arusha mean the device is there?
No. The lookup returns the location an operator published for the block. On mobile networks the address belongs to a gateway shared by many subscribers, so the person using it can be anywhere the operator's network reaches.
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