Les.net YWG2

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Operated by: Les.net

Les.net YWG2

Year Built: 2016
Utility Provider: Manitoba Hydro
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Site History

  • 2016: YWG2 becomes the Manitoba Internet Exchange's second switch location.
  • 2021: MBIX links its 294 Portage and Grain Exchange Building switches at 100G.

Project Profile

  • Operator: Les.net
  • Building: Somerset Building, 294 Portage Avenue
  • Services: colocation from 1U to full cabinets
  • Carrier-neutral, with an MBIX peering node

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294 Portage Ave ( Suite 201 )
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Operating Company

Operated by: Les.net

LES.NET (1996) INC. is a Facilities Based IntereXchange Carrier (IXC) head-quartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

LES.NET operates in the MTS Allstream ILEC territory, and is registered with the CRTC as a CLEC, Non-Dominant Carrier, Reseller, and DSL Service Provider.

Principal Owner
Leslie Bester is the president and founder of LES.NET (1996) INC.

  • Current Vice-President and Co-Founder of the for Manitoba Internet Exchange Inc.
  • Current Board Member and Network Architect for Voyageur Internet Services
  • Past Board member of the Internet Service Provider Alliance
  • Past Board member and Co-Founderr of the Canadian Association of Voice Over IP Providers
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