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RIPE34 MeetingEIX Working Group
London Internet Exchange Ltd.
Keith Mitchell22 September 1999
London Internet Exchange
Keith Mitchell
Executive [email protected]
RIPE34 MeetingEIX Working Group
London Internet Exchange Ltd.
Keith Mitchell22 September 1999
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
RIPE34 MeetingEIX Working Group
London Internet Exchange Ltd.
Keith Mitchell22 September 1999
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
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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
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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
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LINX Members 94-99 Cumulative
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London Internet Exchange Ltd.
Keith Mitchell22 September 1999
Traffic Statistics- Year to Sep 99
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LINX - Members by Country
SE3
BE1
UK35
CH2
DK1
FR4
IE3
NL6
DE6
US10
Global10
84 members
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London Internet Exchange Ltd.
Keith Mitchell22 September 1999
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+
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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
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Keith Mitchell22 September 1999
New Staff Structure
C a role C oleAdm inistra tor & Accounts
Mike H ughesN etw ork Engineer
VAC AN C YN etw ork Engineer
K ieron T horpeN etw ork Engineer
VAC AN C YN etw ork Engineer
VAC AN C YN etw ork Engineer
VAC AN C YN etw ork Engineer
Andrea s La udw einJunior N etw ork Engineer
N ic Lew isO pera tions Ma na ger
R ola nd PerryR egula tion O fficer
Va nessa Eva nsMa rketing & Sa les
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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
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Keith Mitchell22 September 1999
RIPE34 MeetingEIX Working Group
London Internet Exchange Ltd.
Keith Mitchell22 September 1999
Traffic Statistics - Week 13-20th Sep 99
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Keith Mitchell22 September 1999
Traffic Statistics- Eclipse on 13th Aug 1999
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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
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Keith Mitchell22 September 1999
New MoU Prohibitions
Wrong netmask Non-LINX assigned IP addresses CDP, IRDP broadcasts Duplex etc auto-sensing Leaking LINX prefixes
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Keith Mitchell22 September 1999
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
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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
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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
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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
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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 Forum
http://www.iupf.org.uk
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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
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London Internet Exchange Ltd.
Keith Mitchell22 September 1999
Further Information
http://www.linx.net/
Tel +44 1733 705000
Fax +44 1733 353929