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Transcript of CAR-IX Caribbean Internet Exchange Job Witteman [email protected].
CANTO, 15 July 2008 2
Who is AMS-IX
• Largest Internet Exchange Globally• 25 employees• 300 connected parties• 500 ports operational• 6 access points• 400 Gb/sec at peak
• 70% international
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members
• ISP’s
• Carriers– Fixed
• tier 1, tier 2, tier 3
– Mobile (gprs,umts)
• CDN’s (akamai, limelight)
• Content providers (yahoo, google)
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AMS-IX as facilitator
• AMS-IX approached by ‘Netherlands Antilles’
• IX considered valuable for increased connectivity and business activity
• Facilitating between parties
• ‘AMS-IX inside’ solution
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Good of the Internet
• Well run IX’s add to the stability of the Internet
• We are happy to share the expertise we built up over the years
• Help kick-start industry
• Transfer IX knowledge to stakeholders
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Organization
• Not for profit CAR-IX association• Holding all shares in CAR-IX bv (ltd)• Connected parties will automatically be member• Elected board from amongst the members• One member one vote• Transparant structure
• Bi lateral peering agreements
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5 Founding members:
• UTS
• Telbo
• Scarlet
• EOCG
• Digicel
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Implementation
• Stand alone switch (plus back-up)
• Professional colo on Curacao
• Remote management by AMS-IX
• In- and out of band access for NOC• AMS-IX NOC for tech support (mail + phone)
• AMS-IX member support via web
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A Flying start
• We transfer over 10 years’ knowledge and expertise in this field
• Interactive reporting web-site/portal
• Copy paste of back-office
• Proven technology
• Ready for service October 2008
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Key values at a glance
• Neutral• Non-profit• Independent• Membership based• Boosting regional infrastructure:
“Connect the Caribbean”• Profiting members, business community and
ultimately the end-users
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CAR-IX Management
• CAR-IX Board members– Eric Stakland (CEO Scarlet; Chairman)– Paul de Geus (CEO UTS)– Edsel Winklaar (CEO Telbo)– Chris Engels (GM MIO)– Hans Lute (GM Digicel)
• MD Agaya, Nico Scheper
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Current infrastructure