London Internet Exchange Point Update

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London Internet ExchangePoint Update

• Keith Mitchell
• Executive Chairman
• NANOG18 Meeting
• San Jose

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Members by Country
Total 91
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Recent New Members

• BBC
• CW Europe
• Concert
• InterRoute
• IS Internet
• Mannesman

• NTT
• RML
• Roka
• Saunalahti
• Telenor Nextel
• Viag

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Gigabit Ethernet

• First deployed inter-switch 98Q4/99Q1
• Available to members
• pilot 99Q4
• service 00Q1 - 8 members
• needed !
• Poor availability and support of Cisco GigEth
  router interfaces has hindered member take-up

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LINX Switches

• Packet Engines
• 2 x PowerRail-5200
• 1 x PowerRail-2200
• 1 x PowerRail-1000
• Extreme
• 1 x Black Diamond
• 2 x Summit 48
• Multicast Exchange Switches
• Summit 48, PR-1000, Cat 5000

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Switch Configuration
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Total Traffic Growth
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Max In 1130.4 Mb/s Average In 583.2 Mb/s
Current In 1130.4 Mb/s Max Out 1339.4
Mb/s Average Out 606.0 Mb/s Current Out 1232.6
Mb/s GREEN Incoming Traffic in Bits per
Second BLUE Outgoing Traffic in Bits per
Second
http//www.linx.net
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Expansion Sites

• Primary sites at
• Telehouse, TeleCity
• Major co-lo provider growth in London Docklands
  City area
• Dark fibre Gigabit MAN with WDM
• By end Feb
• Redbus Interhouse
• Telehouse Eastern extension
• By end Q1
• Guardian DR, InterXion, IX Europe

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Peering Facilitation

• Help reduce legal bills !
• Template Peering Agreement
• http//www.linx.net/joininfo/peering/agreement-v4.
  html
• Sample inter-provider contract
• Non-mandatory
• Dispute Resolution Procedure
• http//www.linx.net/joininfo/dispute_resolution.ht
  ml
• e.g. peering
• Voluntary, non-binding

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Other Infrastructure

• Route Servers
• Pilot Multicast Exchange
• 10 participants
• Bid to host gTLD server for NSI
• 3 Cesium NTP Stratum 1 atomic clocks
• Greenwich e-Time (really UTC)
• http//www.GeT-time.org

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GeT Networked
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Atomic Clocks on Meridian line
http//www.linx.net