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London Internet Exchange

London Internet Exchange. Keith Mitchell Executive Chairman keith@linx.org. Overview. 5th Birthday coming up: LINX started October 1994 ! Staff changes Over 1Gbps total traffic ! Some MoU changes Expansion beyond 2 sites planned Future offerings. Principles. Neutral locations

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London Internet Exchange

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  1. London Internet Exchange Keith Mitchell Executive Chairman keith@linx.org

  2. Overview • 5th Birthday coming up:LINX started October 1994 ! • Staff changes • Over 1Gbps total traffic ! • Some MoU changes • Expansion beyond 2 sites planned • Future offerings

  3. Principles • Neutral locations • Not owned by ISPs or telcos • Neutral management • By association of members • Neutral operation • By dedicated autonomous staff • Should not compete with members’ services • No retail members, only ISPs • Well-funded quality facilities and infrastructure

  4. Principles (continued) • “Natural” national monopoly should be: • Not for profit • Efficient • Accountable • Routing policy is purely a matter for members, though some constraints: • Members must peer with at least 1 other • Direct bilateral connections also permitted

  5. Membership • Restricted to ISPs • Main Criteria: • Independent path to 4 root name servers • Sell Internet service • RIPE NCC contributing local registry • Publish contact info • Non-UK ISPs welcome

  6. LINX Members 94-99 Cumulative

  7. Traffic Statistics - Year to Sep 99

  8. LINX - Members by Country 84 members

  9. Organisation • Public company limited by guarantee • Membership meetings every 3 months • determine policy and strategy • Membership appoints Council of 6 at AGM • Full-time Executive Chairman • Office in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire • 8+ FTE staff, budget for 12+

  10. Staff • Executive Chairman • Operations Manager • 2 Engineers (+4 vacancies) • 1 Student Placement Engineer(Furtwangen,De Montford Universities) • Sales & Marketing • Bookkeeper/Administrator • Regulation Officer • 5 non-executive Directors

  11. New Staff Structure

  12. LINX Switches • 3 x Packet Engines PR-5200 • interim 1 x FDDI dedicated • 3 x Extreme Summit 48 • 1 x Packet Engines PR-1000 • 1 x Cisco Catalyst 5000 • legacy FDDI backup only • Extreme Black Diamond • shortly to be installed

  13. Traffic Statistics- Week 13-20th Sep 99

  14. Traffic Statistics- Eclipse on 13th Aug 1999

  15. New MoU Provisions • http://www.linx.net/mou-v5_0.html(final draft for approval at LINX27) • Tightened up 24x7 contact details and procedures • Only one IP & MAC address per port(no 3rd-party switches) • First subscription payment quarterly pro-rata

  16. New MoU Prohibitions • Wrong netmask • Non-LINX assigned IP addresses • CDP, IRDP broadcasts • Duplex etc auto-sensing • Leaking LINX prefixes

  17. LINX Sites - London Docklands • Existing Telehouse site full • New Telehouse East extension opened yesterday • ready for LINX service 99Q4 • Still some space in TeleCity • LINX has 2 x 7km dark fibre between sites • Diverse carriers (EGT, COLT) • Expansion Sites scheme • approved at LINX27

  18. Additional Services Fee • Chargeable if more than Basic2 x100baseT ports @ 65% utilisation required • 1 non-blocking Gigabit ethernet port • Or any 2 of: • 1 blocking Gigabit port • 1 FDDI port • 2 further 100baseT ports • 4U router co-lo in Telehouse • 8U router co-lo elsewhere

  19. 99/00 Fees • UK£10,000 joining • UK£ 7,000 subscription Oct - Mar • UK£ 7,000 subscription Apr - Sep • UK£10,000 for additional services

  20. Recent Developments • Help reduce legal bills ! • Template Peering Agreement • Sample inter-provider contract • Non-mandatory • http://www.linx.net/joininfo/peering-template • Dispute Resolution Procedure • e.g. peering • Voluntary, non-binding

  21. Current Non-Core Activities • http://www.linx.net/noncore/ • Content Regulation • Internet Watch funding and oversight • Telecomms Regulation • UBM (“Spam”) Regulation • Law Enforcement Regulation • subsumes crypto NCAP • Interception of Communications • Internet User Privacy Forumhttp://www.iupf.org.uk

  22. Looking Ahead... • Expansion Site Scheme • Resilient self-healing • spanning tree vs WDM • Diverse bi-lateral wiring • Multicast Exchange Facility • GPS antennas for: • Stratum-1 NTP server • RIPE NCC test traffic box • Member Newsletter

  23. Further Information http://www.linx.net/ info@linx.org Tel +44 1733 705000 Fax +44 1733 353929

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