This document summarizes MyIX, the Malaysia Internet Exchange. It discusses how MyIX improves internet efficiency in Malaysia by keeping local traffic local rather than routing it internationally. It outlines MyIX's growth, operations, services, and plans to further enrich connectivity. MyIX hosts an annual peering event called Peering Asia to encourage interconnection in the Asia Pacific region.

2. 1
Peering without Local Internet Exchange: traffic
goes out & comes back in (“Boomerang”)
Global
Internet
Downstream Customers Downstream Customers
MY ISP-A MY ISP-B

3. 2
Internet Traffic Model “Boomerang”
(In the absence a Local Internet Exchange) is inefficient
Hong Kong
Kuala Lumpur
Shah Alam
Colorado
1
2
3
1 2 3
Kuala Lumpur Colorado Hong Kong Shah Alam
The local traffic is re routed
internationally before reaching its
destination (Boomerang Effect)
TMNet AS4788
SingTel AS7473
Maxis AS9543
Time AS9930
MIX Jaring AS2400
DiGi AS4818
Hutchison
AS9304
Verio AS2914 Verizon AS701Teleglobe/VSNL AS6453
International carriers

4. 3
With a Local Internet Exchange, domestic
traffic is routed locally and is efficient
Global
Internet
Downstream Customers Downstream Customers
MY ISP-A MY ISP-B
MYIX

5. 4
MyIX brings savings & quality to industry
Keeps domestic traffic within a country/region
without having to take indirect international
route “ keep local traffic local”
Savings on International bandwidth and IP
transit costs
Improved throughput and latency performance
Better user experience
Economies of scale

6. 5
MyIX was formed with MCMC support
Malaysia Internet Exchange (MyIX) established in
September 2006
Seeding fund from MCMC (2006-2010)
Support from regulator, MCMC
Neutral, 1st Internet Exchange in Malaysia
National Internet Exchange
Operated by Persatuan Pengendali Internet
Malaysia
Managed by Elected Committee (bi-annually in
Annual General Meeting)

7. 6
Operating for industry benefit
Non-profit, Self sustainable since 2011
Income
§ Membership fee
§ Port fee
Expenses
§ Network infrastructure, support, services
§ Co location
§ Regional Nodes
§ Administration
Surplus
§ Own office ( purchased in 2015 )
§ Value added services for members ( training, forum, portal )
§ Network upgrades ( 2013, 2016, 2019 )

8. 7
MyIX is managed by an elected Committee;
Members (2018-2020) listed below
Chairman AIMS Data Centre Sdn Bhd
Deputy Chairman Maxis Broadband Sdn Bhd
Secretary YTL Communications Sdn Bhd
Assistant Secretary
REDtone Engineering & Network
Services Sdn Bhd
Treasurer MyKRIS Asia Sdn Bhd
Committee Members
Telekom Malaysia Bhd
TT dotCom Sdn Bhd
DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd
Celcom Axiata Bhd

9. Significant growth in Members & Traffic (May 2019)Nos.OfMembers
Bandwidth(Gbps)
0.3 3.8 3.8 5.8 8 11.2
22.6
37.4
77.4
135 201
245
391
412
-220
-120
-20
80
180
280
380
480
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Ordinary Member Associate Member
Peering Partners Max Utilization (Gbps)

10. 9
Point of Presence
Menara AIMS, KL
CX1, Cyberjaya
Iskandar Puteri Data Centre, Johor
Setia Commercial Centre, Kuching

11. 10
MyIX today is well connected and recognized
regionally by key internet players
100 different networks connected
~412 Gbps Peak traffic (May 2019)
Supports both IPv4/IPv6 dual stack
4000 IPV4, ~ 100 IPV6
As part of good internet ecosystem, foreign players
have set presence since 2010 (to date total is 26)
We have almost all the top International content
providers (Google,Facebook,Alibaba,Amazon..)
“Entire Malaysian Market is connected”
(Cloudflare, TPIX Peering Forum 2017)

12. 11
We plan to enrich connectivity and
services
Collaborate with Asia Pacific Network
Information Centre (APNIC) for training
Review peering policy & port charges to attract
International & Regional players
Peering Forum/Conference to bring experts to
share knowledge related to industry
Invite more content providers
Value added services ie tools & reporting

13. 12
Value Added Services
Looking Glass, F-Root, I-Root DNS, PCH
Route Server (Bird, Version 1.6.3)
ü Support BGP Community
ü Black holing
Portal for members/peers
ü List of peering member info (IP, ASN,NOC contact)
ü View port utilization
ü View peering traffic (top inbound/outbound)
ü View historical utilization
ü Prefixes Management

14. 13
Training in collaboration with APNIC
8-10 October, 2019
IPv6 Deployment
Course Outline
• Internet Fundamentals
• IPv6 Protocol architecture and standards
• IPv6 Enhancements to Routing Protocols
• IPv6 addressing and address planning
• IPv6 transition technologies
• IPv6 deployment planning
• Enabling IPv6 on network services (DNS, WWW)
• IPv6 security issues
Estimated cost, RM 550 for APNIC members
Subsidize members

15. 14
Network upgrade to cater for growth
Replace Brocade MLXe-8 with Juniper
QFX10008
Increase 1/10 port density per module
Increase 100G port density per module
To complete the migration by end of August

16. 15
Peering Asia
An open and neutral peering event in Asia
Pacific Region (APAC)
To encourage, promote peering and
interconnection in APAC
It is open to people in not only Asia Pacific but
all over the world, who are involved with
peering and interconnection in network service
providers, internet exchange providers, data
centers, and so on

17. 16
Peering Asia
Peering Asia 1.0, 2017, Kyoto, Japan
Peering Asia 2.0, 2018, Hong Kong
Peering Asia 3.0, 2019, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nov 6-7, Hotel Intercontinental, KL
Hosted by MyIX and MyNOG
Registration is open
Encourage peering coordinators especially local to
attend
Networking with global peering coordinators

18. Thank You !
For enquiries, please contact us at
peering@myix.my