IX Reach - "Remote Peering - A Shift in Internet Infrastructure"
1. Remote Peering – A Shift in
Internet Architecture
Presented by Ruth Plater, Head of Marketing
France-IX GA, 26 September 2013
2. Who is IX Reach?
Global wholesale connectivity solutions provider for national and international
Carriers, ISPs, Content Networks and Telco's
Layer 2 Ethernet and MPLS network
30 major global cities (and growing)
20 Internet Exchanges in Europe and the US
75+ data centres on-net
Global leaders in remote peering
4. Our Footprint in Numbers
30 Major Global Cities (and Growing)
Amsterdam, Ashburn, Atlanta, Brussels, Chicago, Copenhagen, Dubai, Dublin, Fra
nkfurt, Geneva, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Leeds, London,
Los Angeles, Manchester, Madrid, Miami, Milan, Munich, New York, Paris, Palo
Alto, Prague, Reston, San Jose, Stockholm, Vienna, Zurich, Luxembourg
20 Internet Exchanges in Europe and the US
AMS-IX, Any2 (Telx, NY), BNIX, DE-CIX, Equinix Ashburn, Equinix Paris, Equinix
Zurich, France-IX, INEX, IX Leeds, IX
Manchester, LINX, LIPEX, LONAP, MIX, Netnod, NL-ix, SwissIX, UAE-IX, LU-CIX
75+ Data Centres On-Net
6. Network Services Portfolio
Point-to-Point/Multipoint: city-to-city capacity
Peering at major Internet Exchanges
Amazon Web Services Direct Connect
Transatlantic and coast-to-coast US capacity
Metro Reach: extensive Metro Ethernet in London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, and Paris
IP Transit
Colocation
Virtual PoPs
Private Leased Lines and VPNs
7. Peering Vs. Transit
Peering
Settlement-free interconnection between two networks
Cost efficient
Traffic optimisation and low latency
Scalability and redundancy
Improved end-user experience – closer to the eyeballs
Community and marketing
Transit
Connecting smaller ISPs, for a fee, to the larger Internet
Historically more expensive
No control over routes
11. How does Remote Peering Help?
Further cost reductions:
No colocation or hardware infrastructure at each IX required
No deployment/install fees
Bundled transport and connections at the Exchanges
Lower operational costs – customers only pay for the CDR they need
Reduction in upstream costs and reliance on multiple transit connections
Paperwork is vastly reduced for the IXPs
Single point of contact for legal, technical and billing for the customer
Turning up peering is a lot faster
Peering is therefore more accessible to smaller/medium sized networks and
developing markets.
12. More to Consider: International Vs. Local
We used to say “peering keeps traffic local”
Network operators in developing markets connecting “locally” with each other in
remote locations
Remote peering promotes international traffic exchange
But it makes less sense over longer distances
Higher adoption of remote peering to cut costs and headaches
vPoPs make it even easier to enter new markets and remote peer
Content providers want to be closer to the eye-balls
As a result more of a business case for local IXPs to be built
13. Reaction of IXPs to this Shift
Larger IXPs with critical mass are less at risk than smaller IXs without
IXPs are behaving more and more like networks:
Expanding geographically (both domestically and internationally) - becoming
multi-site IXPs and using their “brand” (e.g. France-IX Marseille, UAE-IX
powered by DE-CIX, the US market and Open-IX community)
Small IXs are expanding regionally and offering remote peering to bigger IXs
(e.g. LU-CIX’s Central European Peering Hub
Some have their own partial networks and offer connectivity -
anything to help connect new members
Most have, or are considering, a reseller program to help attract
international and diverse members
It is becoming increasingly difficult to differentiate between international and local
peering, and Networks and Internet Exchanges.
14. France-IX via IX Reach
Remote peering is crucial for building an IXP
internationally
13 new members via IX Reach
The time for diversification is now
Transit is still expensive in some places
Developing markets are looking to connect to
France and peer with French networks
(Francophone Africa, Middle East)
Fractional ports via a remote peering partner
are more attractive given the costs of
international capacity
15. Conclusions
Transit costs continue to fall and there’s no end in sight
Peering is still valuable for a network and operators normally use (or at least
consider) a blend of peering direct, remote peering AND transit
Remote peering reduces the costs of peering further
However, this makes less sense over longer distances
Remote peering is a great way to get closer to the eyeballs
The roles of networks and IXPs will change in the future – it’s already happening!
Developing markets will play a vital part in this shift