internet exchange points
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Bevil M. Wooding
Internet Strategist
Packet Clearing House (PCH)
Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)
Internet Exchange Points
foundation for the Caribbean Internet Economy
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What we say we're after
Leveraging the technology to educate our
communities, develop our economies,
secure our citizenry, advance our societies
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Implications
Greater reliance on the Internet
and Internet-based services
– Requirement to transition
citizens to new models and
approaches for sustainable
development
Mobile apps and services
Local Content
Distance Learning
e-business
e-government
Telemedicine
National Security
Disaster Preparedness
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Caribbean Reality
The notion of developing “knowledge-
based” societies is no longer a deferrable
option; it is a national and regional
imperative
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Caribbean Response
The survival of the region is now
inextricably linked to the extent to which it
can quickly and optimally develop and
leverage its information and
communications technology resources
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The Case for Caribbean IPXs
The IXP
Advantage
Accelerating regional
development of critical
Internet resources
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What is an IXP: Quick Definition
An Internet exchange point (IX or IXP) is a
physical infrastructure that allows different
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to
exchange Internet traffic between their
networks without cost.
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The absence of IXPs leads to the depletion of scarce foreign reserves from economies and societies that can ill afford this
hemorrhage.
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IXPs Across the World
https://prefix.pch.net/applications/ixpdir/
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Attraction of IXPs
IXPs provide cheaper, more efficient,
lower latency paths between networks
IXPs help foster a local community - both
content and providers
Aggregation of demand makes it more
attractive for additional transit providers
to enter the market
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The Case for Caribbean IPXs
National Benefits
Building block for ICT based development
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National Benefits: Network Performance
IXPs enable high-bandwidth, low latency
applications like multimedia, gaming, and
file-sharing
– improved price/performance ratio (reduced
APBDC) of local traffic
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National Benefits: Privacy Control
Sending sensitive data across national
borders presents a privacy risk to
governments and corporations.
– By keeping local traffic local, sensitive data is
not subject to inspection by other
governments.
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National Benefits: Industry Growth
An IXP is a prerequisite to the development
of any significant domestic content
production, hosting, or „colo‟ industry.
– This barrier must be surpassed before major
content providers like Google, Amazon,
Akamai, or UltraDNS will even consider
providing local services within Caribbean
national markets.
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National Benefits: HR Development
The maturation of the local network
infrastructure provides a nucleus for
education and retention of the Internet-
skilled labor force that ISPs need in order
to continue their growth and economic
progress.
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National Benefits: Additional Value
Enables co-ordination of security,
infrastructure protection, abuse response
activities
– Can act as a “center of expertise” for Internet
technology
– Facilities growth and development of
stakeholder community which can engage in
other activities promoting local interests
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National Benefits: Additional Value
Makes available a logical place to locate,
and hence attract, other Internet
infrastructure resources
– e.g. top-level name servers, time servers,
performance measurement tools, research
projects
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Making it happen
Translating IXP potential into Development Reality
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Making it happen
Governments and Regulators need to:
– Strongly encourage stakeholder dialog as a
national development priority
– Facilitate and support the process
– Assist with public awareness
– Lead by example
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Why We Need to Act
If we do not build a strong CARIBBEAN
Internet then
– we risk remaining mere consumers of the
global Internet with no incentive to produce,
share and export our own knowledge, culture
and innovation
– we risk loosing our unique identity and our
sovereign place on the Internet
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Why We Need to Act
“A good man leaves an inheritance for his
children's children”
Proverbs 13:22