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PIPE Networks
About PIPE Networks
ASX Listed company (ASX:PWK)
Profitable Company on all measure of EBIT, EBITDA, cash flow etc
Internet Peering point operator in Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide. Melbourne, Hobart, Canberra
3rd largest operator of metro fibre services in Australia
Co-location provider
Currently undertaking PPC – Sydney to Guam Submarine Cable
PIPE Networks
PIPE Peering
Metro Area Network
10G rings support intra city operations
MLPA fabric but not compulsory
PIPEdb – route filtering and other functions
PIPE Networks
Locations
Brisbane
127 Creek Street
344 Queen Street
100 Wickham Street
148 Brunswick Street
1 Eagle Street
PIPE Networks
Locations
Adelaide, Hobart, ACT
132 Franklin Street, Adelaide
29 Elizabeth Street and 11 Morrison Street, Hobart
470 Northbourne Ave, Canberra
PIPE Networks
Services
MLPA Peering
IX Ports
Intercapital Carriage of traffic
Multicast Peering
IPv6
Secondary Route Servers
Route Control
VOIP Peering with PVX
PIPE Networks
AAPT relocation
AAPT pursued a feral policy of slowly getting rid of all of their customers
PIPE and AAPT engaged vigorously at the corporate level
PIPE assisted 95% of its customers to move from AAPT sites
AAPT sites are the definition of carrier gaol
Tough move but better for it
PIPE Networks
Stats
Data for the last 12 months with highlights
Xmas Lull
Cricket
Easter long weekend
PIPE Networks
Stats
Total Routes
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
Apr-0
6
Jun-
06
Aug-0
6
Oct-06
Dec-06
Feb-0
7
Apr-0
7
Jun-
07
Aug-0
7
Oct-07
Total Routes
PIPE Networks
What makes PIPE different
Professional service offered
Not a by product of owning a large data centre
24x7 NOC
Multiple POPs
Diverse Metro fabric
Multiple Route servers
Multicast Route servers
VOIP Peering offering
Not a club – a serious telecommunications service
PIPE Networks
What makes PIPE different
Routing control
Customers can see from an web page :
Router Name they are connected to
ASN they are peering with (even their own if they have forgotten it)
IP address details
BGP MD5 password
Notification email address for outages etc
They can add/delete routes and AS paths including a tool to allow the bulk adding of routes
They can see pre made ACL for route control and interface control to prevent security issues
For peers with multiple connections can they maintain one route set but use it for more than one peering connection
PIPE Networks
What makes PIPE different
Metro fabric
Tails are expensive
ISPs have historically clustered in the CBD’s around certain buildings
10GE metro rings are the way to go