Maracaibo · Venezuela
PeeringDB records one exchange in Maracaibo, NAPVE MCBO, the city's best connected with 20 participants. One colocation facility, GIGAPOP, appears in the registry with no networks recorded against it, so the city's documented capacity sits at the exchange. An address geolocating to Maracaibo shows the location an operator published for the block, not the position of a device.
Internet exchanges in Maracaibo
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 MCBO | 20 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GIGAPOP | 0 | Manzana No. 18-46, Calle 19, Maracaibo 4001, Zulia |
What a Maracaibo IP address tells you
NAPVE MCBO holds 20 participants, ahead of NAPVE CCS in Caracas at 16 and NAPVE VLN in Valencia at 15, giving Maracaibo the busiest participant list of the Venezuelan exchanges in this registry set. Almost all of the city's recorded capacity sits at that exchange. The one colocation facility here, GIGAPOP, carries no networks in PeeringDB, which can mean a thin record as easily as an empty building. No Venezuelan mobile ASNs appear in the carrier registry, so nothing in the data ties a mobile operator to NAPVE MCBO.
A database places an address in Maracaibo because an operator published Maracaibo for that block. Registry records are written once and change slowly, while traffic moves. Mobile networks announce address space from such a record and push subscriber traffic through a small number of gateways, so a handset can sit a long way from the city printed on its address. With 20 exchange participants and no facility networks recorded, the city label carries little routing detail on its own.
Read the origin ASN and the netname on the prefix instead of the city string. The origin ASN names the network announcing the address, and the netname shows which organization holds the registration, which separates a mobile allocation from a hosting range even when both report Maracaibo. A reverse DNS name often carries the operator's own regional labelling, which is another statement from the operator rather than an independent check.
Questions
Which internet exchanges are in Maracaibo?
PeeringDB records one, NAPVE MCBO, with 20 participants. That is the highest participant count of the Venezuelan exchanges in this set, ahead of Caracas at 16 and Valencia at 15. One colocation facility, GIGAPOP, also appears, with no networks recorded against it.
Do Venezuelan mobile carriers peer in Maracaibo?
The carrier registry holds no mobile ASNs for Venezuela, so no operator number can be matched to the NAPVE MCBO participant list. The registry neither shows Venezuelan mobile networks peering in Maracaibo nor rules it out; on this point the data is silent.
Does an IP that geolocates to Maracaibo mean the device is there?
No. The city comes from what the operator published for the address block, and geolocation databases repeat it. Mobile traffic leaves through a small set of gateways, so the address can describe a gateway or a registration rather than the place a handset is connected.
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