APNIC Senior Internet Resource Analyst Anna Mulinbayan presents on getting Internet number resources to join the IXP at PCTA 2019 in Manila, Philippines from 2 to 4 April 2019.

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How to obtain Internet resources
to join the IXP
Anna Mulingbayan
Senior Internet Resource Analyst
PCTA Convention 2019

2. What is an Internet eXchange Point (IXP)?
• An IXP is a shared physical network infrastructure over
which various Autonomous Systems can do easy peering
with one another
– One physical connection to IXP can be used for interconnections with
multiple networks
– More cost-effective and scalable
– ASes to be served by IXP include Internet Gateways, Internet Service
Providers (ISPs), Research & Education (R&E) Networks, Cloud
Service Providers, Content Providers and Content Delivery Network
(CDN) Service Providers

3. Benefits of IXP
• One main objective of an IXP is to keep local traffic local
– Important to local Internet development
• Helps bypass 3rd-party network infrastructure for easy interconnection and direct
traffic exchange among participating networks
– Reduced cost – cheaper connectivity
– Enhanced network performance – faster speed
– Reduced latency – lower delay
• Helps encourage development of more local content and local applications
– Helps local data centre business and other businesses
• Everybody is benefited
– The gain for each may be different but all will gain
– At the end, it is the most important that end users or consumers are benefited
• Often considered as Critical Internet Infrastructure locally, regionally or globally

4. PCTA members peering status
Name AS No Peering Status
Planet Cable AS133623 Peered 10/2018
Naic Cable AS134802 Peered 10/2018
Asian Vision AS55609 Peered 02/2019
Royal Cable AS134707 Peered 02/2019
Dasca Cable AS136515
Kalibo Cable AS136244 Peered 12/2018
Parasat AS134788 Peered 01/2019
Marbel Connected
Cablelink AS45499 Ongoing
Galaxy Cable AS135582 Transport issues
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5. Autonomous Systems
• A network on Internet is called Autonomous System (AS)
which is represented by AS Number (ASN)
– ASN is unique around the world
• APNIC is in charge of ASN assignment for Asia Pacific region
– Used together with BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) for
interconnections with multiple networks (or multi-homing)
– Networks having ASNs can be more independent, or portable

6. How to apply for IP address/AS Number?

7. APNIC Membership Referral
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• PCTA lodge the application on
your behalf via MyAPNIC
• An APNIC Member account will
be created for you, and you
become the custodian of the IP
address and AS number
• You continue to manage the
address space and be the
authorized APNIC contact for
your account
• You remain as billing contact
Since 2014, 57 Members have referred
over 120 of their customers, including
a Thai ISP who referred 18 customers,
which include a data center, a game
developer and content companies
PCTA
PCTA
Members

8. Membership Referral through PCTA
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• Come to the booth near registration area
• You can apply for APNIC membership and request
for IP address and/or AS number through PCTA
– Less supporting documents required for PCTA members
• You may continue to manage your own Internet
resources
• We will help you set-up your MyAPNIC account
onsite when you become an APNIC member

9. Fees
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IPv4 IPv6 ASN Initial fee Renewal fee
- - 1 $1,000 $500
/24 (256 addresses) /48 1 $1,550 $1,050
/23 (512 addresses) /48 1 $1,873 $1,373
/23 (512 addresses) /32 1 $2,296 $1,796
Important:
Fees are in Australian Dollars(AUD)
The exchange rate from AUD to PHP is around 37PHP
For more information on APNIC fees at www.apnic.net/fees