RIPE34 Meeting EIX Working Group London Internet Exchange Ltd. Keith Mitchell 22 September 1999 London Internet Exchange Keith Mitchell Executive Chairman

RIPE34 MeetingEIX Working Group

London Internet Exchange Ltd.

Keith Mitchell22 September 1999

London Internet Exchange

Keith Mitchell

Executive [email protected]




Overview

5th Birthday coming up:LINX started October 1994 !

Staff changes Over 1Gbps total traffic ! Some MoU changes Expansion beyond 2 sites planned Future offerings




Principles

Neutral locations Not owned by ISPs or telcos

Neutral management By association of members

Neutral operation By dedicated autonomous staff

Should not compete with members’ services No retail members, only ISPs

Well-funded quality facilities and infrastructure




Principles (continued)

“Natural” national monopoly should be: Not for profit Efficient Accountable

Routing policy is purely a matter for members, though some constraints: Members must peer with at least 1 other Direct bilateral connections also permitted




Membership

Restricted to ISPs Main Criteria:

Independent path to 4 root name servers

Sell Internet service RIPE NCC contributing local registry Publish contact info

Non-UK ISPs welcome




LINX Members 94-99 Cumulative

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10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

Oct-94

Jan-

95

Apr-9

5

Jul-9

5

Oct-95

Jan-

96

Apr-9

6

Jul-9

6

Oct-96

Jan-

97

Apr-9

7

Jul-9

7

Oct-97

Jan-

98

Apr-9

8

Jul-9

8

Oct-98

Jan-

99

Apr-9

9

Jul-9

9




Traffic Statistics- Year to Sep 99




LINX - Members by Country

SE3

BE1

UK35

CH2

DK1

FR4

IE3

NL6

DE6

US10

Global10

84 members




Organisation

Public company limited by guarantee Membership meetings every 3 months

determine policy and strategy

Membership appoints Council of 6 at AGM

Full-time Executive Chairman Office in Peterborough,

Cambridgeshire 8+ FTE staff, budget for 12+




Staff

Executive Chairman Operations Manager

2 Engineers (+4 vacancies) 1 Student Placement Engineer

(Furtwangen,De Montford Universities)

Sales & Marketing Bookkeeper/Administrator Regulation Officer 5 non-executive Directors




New Staff Structure

C a role C oleAdm inistra tor & Accounts

Mike H ughesN etw ork Engineer

VAC AN C YN etw ork Engineer

K ieron T horpeN etw ork Engineer




Andrea s La udw einJunior N etw ork Engineer

N ic Lew isO pera tions Ma na ger

R ola nd PerryR egula tion O fficer

Va nessa Eva nsMa rketing & Sa les

K eith MitchellExecutive C ha irm a n




LINX Switches

3 x Packet Engines PR-5200 interim 1 x FDDI dedicated

3 x Extreme Summit 48 1 x Packet Engines PR-1000 1 x Cisco Catalyst 5000

legacy FDDI backup only

Extreme Black Diamond shortly to be installed







Traffic Statistics - Week 13-20th Sep 99




Traffic Statistics- Eclipse on 13th Aug 1999




New MoU Provisions

http://www.linx.net/mou-v5_0.html(final draft for approval at LINX27)

Tightened up 24x7 contact details and procedures

Only one IP & MAC address per port(no 3rd-party switches)

First subscription payment quarterly pro-rata




New MoU Prohibitions

Wrong netmask Non-LINX assigned IP addresses CDP, IRDP broadcasts Duplex etc auto-sensing Leaking LINX prefixes




LINX Sites - London Docklands

Existing Telehouse site full New Telehouse East extension

opened yesterday ready for LINX service 99Q4

Still some space in TeleCity LINX has 2 x 7km dark fibre between

sites Diverse carriers (EGT, COLT)

Expansion Sites scheme approved at LINX27




Additional Services Fee

Chargeable if more than Basic2 x100baseT ports @ 65% utilisation required

1 non-blocking Gigabit ethernet port Or any 2 of:

1 blocking Gigabit port 1 FDDI port 2 further 100baseT ports 4U router co-lo in Telehouse 8U router co-lo elsewhere




99/00 Fees

UK£10,000 joining UK£ 7,000 subscription Oct - Mar UK£ 7,000 subscription Apr - Sep UK£10,000 for additional services




Recent Developments

Help reduce legal bills ! Template Peering Agreement

Sample inter-provider contract Non-mandatory http://www.linx.net/joininfo/peering-template

Dispute Resolution Procedure e.g. peering Voluntary, non-binding




Current Non-Core Activities

http://www.linx.net/noncore/ Content Regulation

Internet Watch funding and oversight

Telecomms Regulation UBM (“Spam”) Regulation Law Enforcement Regulation

subsumes crypto NCAP Interception of Communications Internet User Privacy Forum

http://www.iupf.org.uk




Looking Ahead...

Expansion Site Scheme Resilient self-healing

spanning tree vs WDM

Diverse bi-lateral wiring Multicast Exchange Facility GPS antennas for:

Stratum-1 NTP server RIPE NCC test traffic box

Member Newsletter




Further Information

http://www.linx.net/

[email protected]

Tel +44 1733 705000

Fax +44 1733 353929

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RIPE34 Meeting EIX Working Group London Internet Exchange Ltd. Keith Mitchell 22 September 1999 London Internet Exchange Keith Mitchell Executive Chairman