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TunIXP Workshop, Session 3 Tunis 30-04-2013, Getting Results from IXPs: Governance and Economics TopIX presentationTRANSCRIPT
Short History of Top-IX
An Internet Exchange in the North-west of Italy
ATI Workshop
Getting Results from IXPs: Governance and Economics
• Geographically distibuited IXP (NW of Italy)
• Open to all ASNs
• Public & Private Investments (Founding members)
• Self-sustainable
• Synergies between Internet businesses
Founding (2002)IXP Objectives
2002
•Start operation 14 members
•2 node (metro Torino)•1 Gbe
•100 Mps Traffic X
2004
•Interregional development•Local Government joins
•24 members
6 node2 Long haul FO Gbe
500 Mps Traffic X
2006
•8 node•2 Long haul FO Gbe
•10 GBE trunk•2 Gbps Traffic X
Development program(start-up support program)
37 members1st startup –hosted
1 apps 1 server
18 node2 Long haul 10 GBE RingN x 10 GBE trunk (metro)
10 Gbps Traffic X
2008
Regional expansionPublic Admin &
ResearchCDN provider64 members
56 start-up hostedStarting
virtualization process
2010
International interconnection(LyonIX - Lyon – France)
70+ members120+ star-up hostedCLOUD paradigm
19 node3 Long haul 10 GBE RingN x 10 GBE trunk (metro)
32 Gbps Traffic X
The History TOP-IX Consortium
Activities Today
Development Program (DP) Internet Exchange
Professional Services for Members
Internet Advisor for Local Government
Services for Members: housing, cloud hosting, streaming, …
An open innovation environment to foster the creation of new businesses by providing infrastructural support to internet ventures.
17 metro access nodes, 1 rural access node, 6 being activatedInterconnection with Lyonix, VSIX & France-IX60+ ASN connected45+ Gbps peak traffic levelPublic peering & private VLAN connections.2 x Route servers (Quagga)F & J Root servers
12 employees
80+ affiliated members
• Regional Network infrastructure
– Peering, sinergies between large Network Operators, small ones, CDNs
• Points of Presence with housing resources
– Bringing the service to rural areas
• Cloud platform to provide hosting resources
• Experimental activities constantly evolving to create specialized platforms (eg. cloud hosting, video streaming)
Top-IX Assets and their value
Value of Peering
More interconnections for better performance (between members, betwen IXPs)
Synergies between large ISPs, small ISPs, content providers
Innovating quickly, choosing what works, consolidating and standardizing it!
In short
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Twitter: @top_ix
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Revenues Breakdown (2011)
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DP
Services