At Layer 2, the MIXT provides switched Ethernet between participants VoIP gateways,at speeds of 10, 100,or 1000 Mbps.

At Layer 3, the MIXT employs an IP addressing scheme that allows each participant to use static routing or BGP4 to exchange IP routing information,thereby ensuring participants VoIP traffic remains within the Voice Peering MIXT and not on the public Internet.

At Layer 5, the MIXT incorporates ENUM,which maps telephone numbers into DNS entries. Soft switches and gateways that are ENUM enabled can query the MIXT ENUM database in real-time to route calls to other ENUM participants within the MIXT.MIXT ENUM participants post their subscriber telephone numbers to the database and agree to terminate ENUM routed calls at zero cost, creating "on-net to on- net calling" between MIXT ENUM participants..

Finally, at the Application Layer (7) the MIXT provides a suite of web-based tools available exclusively to MIXT participants. Each is provided an account and is listed in the "Participants" directory. Each participant has the option to post "buy " and "sell routes." All participants are free contact each other to transact business either online or offl ine.Negotiations as to price,terms and conditions are direct between the parties.