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IXP Landscape in Ireland
RIPE 66Baile Átha Cliath
16 May 2013
IXPs in Ireland
CNIX – regional exchange in MunsterINEX – Dublin based ‘island of Ireland’ exchange
Belfast – local interest in an IXP in the North of Ireland
CNIX
Cork Neutral Internet Exchange (CNIX)
Exchange started in 2008Ran on a neutral, not-for-profit basisTwo drivers for its creation– Peering local traffic / reducing latency and transit needs for
members– Purchasing syndicate for backhaul to Dublin
Members peer local traffic
Solving the Backhaul Challenge
Backhaul within Ireland has traditionally been expensive Backhaul made joining INEX cost prohibitive for some smaller companiesTheir solution – a bandwidth buying syndicateBetter prices from higher capacity and more choicePeering 20% or so locallyTraffic aggregated under one AS locally in Cork – Comes to Dublin for peering at INEX or onward intl transit– CNIX is the only INEX member
Local Exchange for Local Needs
Many discussions on best approach/solutionsINEX committing to the backhaul would have been a risk for INEX and therefore its members– Connecting the two was also not appropriate
Local knowledge of the market and needs is keyDecision to support local efforts rather than an INEX PoPINEX assisted with developments– Our time, MoU, Articles and other materials made available– Welcome their team to INEX meetings– Even giving CRO approval of name
Belfast
INEX
Overview
Five PoPs around Dublin– Brocade TurboIron for 10G core– Brocade FES-X for 10/100/1000 access layer
3 dark fibre rings connecting all PoPs– MRV WDM transmission equipment
Island of Ireland exchangeCurrently 76 membersRecently announced our Reseller programme
Go Big or Go Home
4 Members in 1996 17 in early 2005Little reserves to invest to facilitate growthApproached the inward investment agency – IDASecured loan funding of max €1.25mGenerous 18 year repayment termInvested in:– Second PoP and dark fibre ring– Upgrading equipment– Additional team members
Injection for Growth
Final loan repayment made in August 2012Fully repaid 10 years ahead of scheduleOnly €600,000 of total loan facility was drawn downExpanding membership now funds developmentsRelationship with IDA opened the door to several foreign direct investment companies.
Maintaining Focus
Just peering – no lobbying/regulatory workContinuing to build out the world-class infrastructureInnovation – making peering easier for membersDeveloping the community for members / IXP industryKeeping overheads low– Investing in a great network, not a fancy office– Increasing PoPs not staff numbers
Giving more to members for less– Increasing members and routes – Reducing port and membership charges– No necessity to build-up large cash reserves
Graph Alert
Reducing Costs to Members
10Mb 100Mb 1Gig 1Gig x2 10Gig 10Gig x20
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
45,000
2009
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2013
Innovating
Open Source Provisioning SystemDesigned and developed entirely in-house at INEXBoth Member and INEX Management team facingMy Peering Manager - member facing– Simplifies peering requests/management for Members– Displays overview of peering relationships/matrix
Sflow member to member traffic graphsMade available to other IXPs– Licensed under the GPL
Already active or being considered by a number of IXPs
Ireland and Technology
Dublin - The Tech Cluster
What Makes Ireland Different?
12.5%
What Makes Ireland Different?
For comparison corporation tax in other EU countries:– UK 22%– Netherlands 25%– Germany 29.55%– France 33.33%– Belgium 33.99%
– EU Average 22.74%
The IDA provides grant assistance in some cases:– Employment, R&D, training, capital investment
We speak English and have a friendly corporate environment
200 IDA Supported ICT businesses here in IrelandDirectly employing over 35,000 peopleMany more ICT companies here that are not IDA clientsRecruiting talent is an issue in many countries– Ireland’s addressing that with the new fast tracked ‘Tech visa’– Gives priorities to visa requests from IDA client companies
Growing our own as well– High % of students studying Engineering at 3rd level
Real support for technology companies in Ireland– Even with our weather!
Fibre is Good For Us
Ireland’s Not MovingFact!
Fibre is Good For Us
Sea Fiber Networks (2012)– CeltixConnect adds 72 pairs from Dublin to Holyhead, UK– 131km length means that it can be lit using commodity WDM– Good onward connectivity to the rest of the UK, Europe
Geo (2012)– Two diverse cable paths– Clonshaugh to Holyhead, Lusk to Deeside.– Follows path of UK-Ireland electricity interconnection
I.e. three separate fibre paths laid and lit in the last 12 months
Fibre is Good For Us
Two routes to the US via Hibernia Atlantic – One via the south coast and one via the North coast
Emerald Networks (2014)– Promising lowest latency routes from North America – Planned 40Tb capacity– Iceland spur included and future branch to Portugal
Arctic Fibre - (2016)– Cable via North West passage from Japan and US West
Coast – Low latency route now showing a branch to Cork
Fibre is Good For Us
Hibernia (2014?)– Possible branch to Cork on the Halifax to London– TE Subcom now in place as partner following Hauwei
displacement
Sea Fibre Networks – Cork to France (funding phase)Apollo – also a potential
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt
those who are doing itGeorge Bernard
Shaw
