CARIX Caribbean Internet Exchange

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CAR-IXCaribbean Internet Exchange
Job Witteman job.witteman_at_ams-ix.net
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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

• ISPs
• Carriers
• Fixed
• tier 1, tier 2, tier 3
• Mobile (gprs,umts)
• CDNs (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 IXs 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
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Questions ?
job.witteman_at_ams-ix.net