RIPE 44 EIX WG Update Keith Mitchell Chief Technical Officer 29th January 2003

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RIPE 44 EIX WG Update

Keith MitchellChief Technical Officer

29th January 2003


XchangePoint History

• February 2003: Hamburg site live• January 2003: 70 customers on London platform to date• May 2002: Switched first IPv6 traffic• February 2002: First interconnect with another IXP• October 2001: Successful completion of beta trial• June 2001: Launch of interconnect platform• March 2001: First site operational• February 2001: Funding secured• October 2000: Core team recruited• August 2000: Company founded


Recent Growth and Current Status

Now 70 customers see http://customer.xchangepoint.net

Includes: 5 major ‘PTT’s major US OLSP 20+ other European ISPs 30+ small UK ISPs choice of transit from over 10 major ISPs Ethernet circuit providers ADSL aggregation providers


Interconnect Architecture

Present at multiple co-location sites per city

Dark fibre metro ring connecting all sites in city

Black Diamond 6808i or Alpine 3804 switches

DWDM equipment

Gigabit Ethernet between switches and sites

10-Gigabit capable


London Locations

Currently live Redbus Interhouse:

Harbour Exchange Memaco House Sovereign House

Telehouse: North East

Global Switch: East India

During Feb 2002 TeleCity: Harbour Exchange Telehouse: Hamburg


Current Traffic - http://traffic.xchangepoint.net

Switched traffic: public & private peering & transit

Remains steady at 250-300Mb/s Significant growth in demand for inter-site DWDM

private interconnect traffic Mixture of Gigabit Ethernet and SDH STM-1/4/16 ~10Gb/s DWDM port capacity provisioned to date DWDM between 4 original sites Adding CWDM for additional 3 sites


Recent Developments

Formal interconnect agreement with LoNAP .uk secondary name server live Upgraded all switches to ExtremeWare 6.2.2

build 56 less painful to upgrade to than build 27 !

Amending AUP to allow controlled connection of 3rd-party switches and ethernet circuits

Transit Marketplace remains highly successful next event London 27th February

Close to securing funding for additional European cities at least 2 more during 2003


Contact Details

CTO: Keith MitchellBusiness Development: Gian WalkerWeb: www.xchangepoint.netE-mail: [email protected]: +44 20 7395 6020

Presentations: http://www.xchangepoint.net/info/ripe44-eix.ppt http://www.xchangepoint.net/info/Xchange-LoNAP.ppt

RIPE 44 EIX WG Update Keith Mitchell Chief Technical Officer 29th January 2003

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