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PIPE Networks Update. Stephen Baxter, CTO and Co-Founder PIPE Networks Limited. 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
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PIPE Networks Update • Stephen Baxter, CTO and Co-Founder PIPE Networks Limited
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 Peering Metro Area Network 10G rings support intra city operations MLPA fabric but not compulsory PIPEdb – route filtering and other functions
Locations • Brisbane • 127 Creek Street • 344 Queen Street • 100 Wickham Street • 148 Brunswick Street • 1 Eagle Street
Locations • Sydney • 400 Harris Street • 639 Gardiners Road • 55 Clarence Street
Locations • Melbourne • 376 Flinders Street • 55 King Street
Locations Adelaide, Hobart, ACT 132 Franklin Street, Adelaide 29 Elizabeth Street and 11 Morrison Street, Hobart 470 Northbourne Ave, Canberra
Services MLPA Peering IX Ports Intercapital Carriage of traffic Multicast Peering IPv6 Secondary Route Servers Route Control VOIP Peering with PVX
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
Data for the last 12 months with highlights • Stats Easter long weekend Cricket Xmas Lull
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
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
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
Thank you • Questions ?