ix reach - "remote peering - a shift in internet infrastructure"
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This presentation was given by IX Reach's Head of Marketing, Ruth Plater at FranceIX's General Meeting in Paris, September 2013.TRANSCRIPT
Remote Peering – A Shift in Internet Architecture
Presented by Ruth Plater, Head of Marketing
France-IX GA, 26 September 2013
Who is IX Reach?
Global wholesale connectivity solutions provider for national and
international Carriers, ISPs, Content Networks and Telco's
Layer 2 Ethernet and MPLS network
30 major global cities (and growing)
20 Internet Exchanges in Europe and the US
75+ data centres on-net
Global leaders in remote peering
Our Global Network
Our Footprint in Numbers
30 Major Global Cities (and Growing)
Amsterdam, Ashburn, Atlanta, Brussels, Chicago, Copenhagen, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Leeds, London, Los Angeles, Manchester, Madrid, Miami, Milan, Munich, New York, Paris, Palo Alto, Prague, Reston, San Jose, Stockholm, Vienna, Zurich, Luxembourg
20 Internet Exchanges in Europe and the US
AMS-IX, Any2 (Telx, NY), BNIX, DE-CIX, Equinix Ashburn, Equinix Paris, Equinix Zurich, France-IX, INEX, IX Leeds, IX Manchester, LINX, LIPEX, LONAP, MIX, Netnod, NL-ix, SwissIX, UAE-IX, LU-CIX
75+ Data Centres On-Net
Internet Exchange Partners
Network Services Portfolio
Point-to-Point/Multipoint: city-to-city capacity
Peering at major Internet Exchanges
Amazon Web Services Direct Connect
Transatlantic and coast-to-coast US capacity
Metro Reach: extensive Metro Ethernet in London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt,
and Paris
IP Transit
Colocation
Virtual PoPs
Private Leased Lines and VPNs
Peering Vs. Transit
Peering Settlement-free interconnection between two networks Cost efficient Traffic optimisation and low latency Scalability and redundancy Improved end-user experience – closer to the eyeballs Community and marketing
Transit Connecting smaller ISPs, for a fee, to the larger Internet Historically more expensive No control over routes
Traditional Peering Model
Source: Re-Designed from Dr. Peering
Challenges to this Model
Fixed costs (ports, colocation, routers)
Faster decline in Transit costs, with no end in sight
Remote Peering Model
Source: Re-Designed from Dr. Peering
How does Remote Peering Help?
Further cost reductions:
No colocation or hardware infrastructure at each IX required
No deployment/install fees
Bundled transport and connections at the Exchanges
Lower operational costs – customers only pay for the CDR they need
Reduction in upstream costs and reliance on multiple transit connections
Paperwork is vastly reduced for the IXPs
Single point of contact for legal, technical and billing for the customer
Turning up peering is a lot faster
Peering is therefore more accessible to smaller/medium sized networks and developing markets.
More to Consider: International Vs. Local
We used to say “peering keeps traffic local”
Network operators in developing markets connecting “locally” with each
other in remote locations
Remote peering promotes international traffic exchange
But it makes less sense over longer distances
Higher adoption of remote peering to cut costs and headaches
vPoPs make it even easier to enter new markets and remote peer
Content providers want to be closer to the eye-balls
As a result more of a business case for local IXPs to be built
Reaction of IXPs to this Shift
Larger IXPs with critical mass are less at risk than smaller IXs without
IXPs are behaving more and more like networks:
Expanding geographically (both domestically and internationally) - becoming multi-site IXPs and using their “brand” (e.g. France-IX Marseille, UAE-IX powered by DE-CIX, the US market and Open-IX community)
Small IXs are expanding regionally and offering remote peering to bigger IXs (e.g. LU-CIX’s Central European Peering Hub
Some have their own partial networks and offer connectivity - anything to help connect new members
Most have, or are considering, a reseller program to help attract international and diverse members
It is becoming increasingly difficult to differentiate between international and local peering, and Networks and Internet Exchanges.
France-IX via IX Reach
Remote peering is crucial for building an IXP internationally
13 new members via IX Reach
The time for diversification is now
Transit is still expensive in some places
Developing markets are looking to connect to France and peer with French networks (Francophone Africa, Middle East)
Fractional ports via a remote peering partner are more attractive given the costs of international capacity
Conclusions
Transit costs continue to fall and there’s no end in sight
Peering is still valuable for a network and operators normally use (or at
least consider) a blend of peering direct, remote peering AND transit
Remote peering reduces the costs of peering further
However, this makes less sense over longer distances
Remote peering is a great way to get closer to the eyeballs
The roles of networks and IXPs will change in the future – it’s already
happening!
Developing markets will play a vital part in this shift
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