Caracas · Venezuela
PeeringDB records one exchange in Caracas, NAPVE CCS, which is the city's best connected with 16 participants. The registry also lists three colocation facilities holding six network presences, and Daycohost - Caracas and TOP Parque Cristal Los Palos Grandes each hold three. An address geolocating to Caracas shows where an operator registered the block, not where a device sits.
Internet exchanges in Caracas
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 |
|---|---|---|
NAPVE CCS NAPVE CARACAS | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Daycohost - Caracas | 3 | Calle Londres, Las Mercedes. Centro Tecnológico Daycohost |
| TOP Parque Cristal Los Palos Grandes | 3 | Avenida Francisco de Miranda Los Palos Grandes |
| IFX Networks Venezuela - Credicard | 0 | Torre Credicard, Piso 5, Oficina 56 Av. principal el Bosque con calle Sta. Lucia |
What a Caracas IP address tells you
NAPVE CCS is the only exchange PeeringDB records in Caracas, and its 16 participants are the whole of the city's public peering as the registry describes it. Everything else the data shows is colocation. Daycohost - Caracas and TOP Parque Cristal Los Palos Grandes each report three networks, and IFX Networks Venezuela - Credicard reports none, which puts six facility network presences in the city against 16 exchange participants. The carrier registry holds no Venezuelan mobile ASNs, so the data says nothing about a mobile operator peering at NAPVE CCS.
A geolocation database resolves an address to Caracas because an operator wrote Caracas into the registry record for the block, and the databases follow what the operator publishes. Mobile networks stretch that further. Handset traffic leaves through a small number of gateways, so a phone connected in Valencia or Maracaibo can appear on an address announced from a gateway registered in the capital. With one exchange and six facility network presences recorded here, a Caracas placement describes an operator's registry record more often than a street address.
Someone checking a Caracas address should read the origin ASN and the netname on the specific prefix rather than the city string. Those name the network announcing the block and the organization that registered it, and a prefix originating from a mobile operator behaves differently from one sitting in a colocation facility such as Daycohost - Caracas. Where the whois record and a geolocation database disagree, the registry entry is the one the operator controls directly.
Questions
Which internet exchanges are in Caracas?
PeeringDB records one, NAPVE CCS, listed in full as NAPVE CARACAS, with 16 participants. No other exchange appears in the city's registry entry. Public peering in Caracas sits at that single exchange, alongside three colocation facilities that hold six network presences between them.
Do Venezuelan mobile carriers peer in Caracas?
The carrier registry holds no mobile ASNs for Venezuela, so no operator number can be matched against the NAPVE CCS participant list. The data does not show Venezuelan mobile networks peering in Caracas, and it does not show them staying away. On this question it is silent.
Does an IP that geolocates to Caracas mean the device is there?
No. Geolocation databases take the city from what the operator published for the address block, so a Caracas placement reflects a registry record. Mobile traffic exits through a handful of gateways, and the address can name the gateway's city rather than the handset's.
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