ripe 44 eix wg update keith mitchell chief technical officer 29th january 2003
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RIPE 44 EIX WG Update Keith Mitchell Chief Technical Officer 29th January 2003. XchangePoint History. February 2003:Hamburg site live January 2003:70 customers on London platform to date May 2002: Switched first IPv6 traffic February 2002: First interconnect with another IXP - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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RIPE 44 EIX WG Update
Keith MitchellChief Technical Officer
29th January 2003
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XchangePoint History
• February 2003: Hamburg site live• January 2003: 70 customers on London platform to date• May 2002: Switched first IPv6 traffic• February 2002: First interconnect with another IXP• October 2001: Successful completion of beta trial• June 2001: Launch of interconnect platform• March 2001: First site operational• February 2001: Funding secured• October 2000: Core team recruited• August 2000: Company founded
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Recent Growth and Current Status
Now 70 customers see http://customer.xchangepoint.net
Includes: 5 major ‘PTT’s major US OLSP 20+ other European ISPs 30+ small UK ISPs choice of transit from over 10 major ISPs Ethernet circuit providers ADSL aggregation providers
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Interconnect Architecture
Present at multiple co-location sites per city
Dark fibre metro ring connecting all sites in city
Black Diamond 6808i or Alpine 3804 switches
DWDM equipment
Gigabit Ethernet between switches and sites
10-Gigabit capable
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London Locations
Currently live Redbus Interhouse:
Harbour Exchange Memaco House Sovereign House
Telehouse: North East
Global Switch: East India
During Feb 2002 TeleCity: Harbour Exchange Telehouse: Hamburg
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Current Traffic - http://traffic.xchangepoint.net
Switched traffic: public & private peering & transit
Remains steady at 250-300Mb/s Significant growth in demand for inter-site DWDM
private interconnect traffic Mixture of Gigabit Ethernet and SDH STM-1/4/16 ~10Gb/s DWDM port capacity provisioned to date DWDM between 4 original sites Adding CWDM for additional 3 sites
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Recent Developments
Formal interconnect agreement with LoNAP .uk secondary name server live Upgraded all switches to ExtremeWare 6.2.2
build 56 less painful to upgrade to than build 27 !
Amending AUP to allow controlled connection of 3rd-party switches and ethernet circuits
Transit Marketplace remains highly successful next event London 27th February
Close to securing funding for additional European cities at least 2 more during 2003
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Contact Details
CTO: Keith MitchellBusiness Development: Gian WalkerWeb: www.xchangepoint.netE-mail: [email protected]: +44 20 7395 6020
Presentations: http://www.xchangepoint.net/info/ripe44-eix.ppt http://www.xchangepoint.net/info/Xchange-LoNAP.ppt