[CAnet - news] Importance of carrier neutral peeringfacilities for small communities

[Casey Halverson]

The SIX is a good example of peering in the Seattle area.  Go to one of
their meetings, and you will get a good idea on how things are going.

If you are interested in reading its progression, check out the meeting
minutes.

Or, see if they have a mailing list, and ask there.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: talk-bounces at seattlewireless.net 
> [mailto:talk-bounces at seattlewireless.net] On Behalf Of Todd Boyle
> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 11:36 AM
> To: talk at seattlewireless.net
> Subject: Fwd: [CAnet - news] Importance of carrier neutral 
> peeringfacilities for small communities
> 
> What is the political structure around the peering point(s)
> in the Seattle area?   I see two needs: (1) a report on how
> it works today, and (2) a newsletter or list to keep up on 
> any changes or issues at the Westin or other peering points, TOdd
> 
> 
> 
> 	From: "Bill St.Arnaud" <bill.st.arnaud at canarie.ca>
> 	To: <news at canarie.ca>
> 	Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 14:12:51 -0400
> 	Subject: [CAnet - news] Importance of carrier neutral 
> peering facilities for
> 	        small communities
> 	
> 	 [One of the interesting features of the New Zealand 
> research network KAREN
> 	(Kiwi Advanced Research Education Network) is the 
> mandated requirement to
> 	deploy carrier neutral peering points at all the KAREN 
> network nodes in
> 	towns and cities throughout NZ.  This is similar in 
> concept to the BCnet
> 	"transit exchanges"  and FirstMile "peering exchanges". 
>  In big cities there
> 	may be several carrier neutral exchange points such as 
> Amsterdam Internet
> 	Exchange point as further described below. But in 
> smaller communities it is
> 	a much tougher proposition and this is where research 
> networks like KAREN,
> 	BCnet and others can play a critical role in fostering 
> such facilities.
> 	Carrier neutral peering points enable smaller local 
> ISPs and content
> 	providers to reach their customers, as well as reduce 
> costs of back hauling
> 	traffic to major urban centers. It also easily allows 
> the interconnection of
> 	wireless and other Internet delivery service mechanism 
> to be deployed in the
> 	community. Thanks to Samuel K Lam for the Reuters 
> article. Some excerpts --
> 	BSA]
> 	
> 	KAREN
> 	http://www.reannz.co.nz/home/ <http://www.reannz.co.nz/home/> 
> 	
> 	BCnet Transit Exchanges
> 	
> http://www.bc.net/advanced_networks/pdf/transit_exchanges(2).p
> df#search=%22B 
> <http://www.bc.net/advanced_networks/pdf/transit_exchanges(2).
> pdf#search=%22B>  
> 	Cnet%20transit%20exchange%22
> 	
> 	FirstMile Peering exchnages
> 	http://www.firstmile.us/events/conf/spr06/agenda.php 
> <http://www.firstmile.us/events/conf/spr06/agenda.php> 
> 	
> 	Amsterdam Internet Exchange
> 	http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/column_pluggedin_dc 
> <http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/column_pluggedin_dc> 
> 	
> 	AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Amsterdam has the world's busiest 
> Internet exchange,
> 	thanks to nuclear physicists and mathematicians who in 
> the 1980s connected
> 	their network needs with the academic belief that 
> knowledge needs to be
> 	free.
> 	
> 	The popularity of the AMS-IX. the official name of the 
> exchange, is the
> 	result of a liberal foundation which has created a 
> place where ISPs can do
> 	business any way they like.
> 	
> 	It shares this spirit with the designers of the 
> Internet who decided that
> 	all data packets were created equal, and with Tim 
> Berners-Lee who developed
> 	the World Wide Web at the Swiss particle physics lab
> 	CERN as a universal and neutral platform.
> 	
> 	The fact that Amsterdam has one of the three root 
> servers outside the United
> 	States is not lost on local politicians, including the 
> former Dutch Prime
> 	Minister Wim Kok, who have come to this room to "touch 
> the Internet" by
> 	placing their palm on the computer's casing. During 
> rush hour, 170 Gigabits
> 	of data per second -- the equivalent of over 30 compact 
> disks -- travel
> 	through the exchange.
> 	
> 	Around 250 Internet providers from around the world are 
> bunched together in
> 	AMS-IX. Its closest competitor is the London Internet 
> Exchange LINX.
> 	
> 	Another reason the exchange is a success is that 
> providers can connect their
> 	networks directly, so-called peering, to save time and cost. 
> 	
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