Wellington Internet Exchange WIX

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Wellington Internet Exchange (WIX)

• The Broadband Provider

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Agenda

• Introductions
• Internet Architecture
• Peering and Transit
• Historical Drivers
• Internet Exchange
• Benefits
• Requirements

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Me
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CityLink

• Metropolitan Ethernet Service Provider
• Lease Dedicated Fibre
• Operate PublicLAN
• Operate Wellington Internet Exchange (WIX) and
  Auckland Peering Exchange (APE)

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PublicLAN
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Internet Architecture

• Network Of Networks
• Operated by separate organisations, sometimes
  competitors
• Any to any (willing) information exchange.

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Peering Transit
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Drivers

• Historical
• High Cost of Connection
• Barrier to Competition
• Changes
• Cheap Metropolitan fibre
• Low-cost switching
• Increasing familiarity with technology
• Peering much cheaper than Transit

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Internet Exchange(IX)
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Benefits - IX

• Choice of Last Mile provider
• Choice of services and providers
• Opportunity to peer

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Benefits - Peering

• Reduce Transit Costs
• Improved Performance
• Redundancy
• Greater Control Over Routing
• Closer Relationships

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Requirements

• Connection to PublicLAN
• BGP-4 Capable Router
• IP Address Space
• AS (Autonomous System) Number
• Completed Application Form

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Questions
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Irrelevancy of Flows/Distance to Peering
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IX-based Network Architecture
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