This document discusses the role and importance of National Network Operator Groups (NOGs) in supporting local internet communities. It notes that many early European Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) grew out of small operator communities. While IXP meetings were useful, they became too IXP-centric and did not allow discussion of other technical topics. NOGs emerged as a way to allow local operators to discuss regulations, technical limitations, and do business with one another. The RIPE NCC supports NOGs by providing annual funding and advice. While NOGs work well in many regions, cultural and geographic factors can limit their effectiveness in some areas like the Middle East. The document focuses on the growth and success of the Greek NOG community.

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Supporting Local
Communities

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Early Network Operator Communities
• Many of the early European IXPs were born
out of small communities of operators
• IXPs grew in both the number of participants
and spread across Europe
• Many IXPs ran participant meetings,
discussing both IXP business and other
related technical topics

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The birth of the NOG
• The number of network operators in cities and
countries across our region grew
• IXP meetings were in some countries, no
longer enough
- Topics were IXP centric
- Meetings were only open for their participants
• So NOGs were a great alternative
• Initially in some of the larger countries, but
today there are around 20 in our region

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Known Active NOGs

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Why are NOGs important
• Allows participants to discuss and potentially
deal with similar local issues
- Regulation, local technical limitations, planning, etc.
• Discuss these issues in local language!
• A communication channel (Mail or chat clients)
• Bringing locals in contact with other locals, to
exchange ideas and to do business
• Discuss the idea of initiating a local IXP or to
cooperate other specific objectives

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How does the RIPE NCC help NOGs
• We generally set aside 1,500 EUR per annum
per national NOG to assist them in covering
some (all) of their meeting costs
• We send our staff to speak at their events
• We help reach out to, or suggest, international
speakers for their events
• We offer advice on setting up an association,
organising meetings, finding sponsors, setting
up wifi networks, and more….

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But do NOGs work everywhere?
• Cultural differences
• Geographic limitations
• Less popular in Middle East and Central Asia
• National Internet Governance Forums (IGF)
tend to gain more traction in these regions
• Often we find many operators at these
national and regional IGFs around our region

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NOGs, National IGFs & IXP Meetings

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RIPE NCC Outreach in 2016
• NOGs, IXPs, IGFs, Member Lunches and
Training Courses

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GRNOG - Is this a success story?
1st GRNOG meeting in July 2015
How many people are here today?

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Focus on Greece
Statistics and Data

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Membership Growth 2010-2017
0
4000
8000
12000
16000
M
ay
2008
M
ay
2009
M
ay
2010
M
ay
2011
M
ay
2012
M
ay
2013
M
ay
2014
M
ay
2015
M
ay
2016
M
ay
2017
4,253
4,841
5,487
6,214
6,996
8,088
9,309
10,820
13,015
15,729

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Membership Growth in the Region

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Greece - LIRs by Age
0
9
18
Age of LIR (years)
0-2
2-4
4-6
6-8
8-10
10+
17
3
1010
8
18

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RIPE Atlas Probes

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RIPE Atlas Probes
0
24
48
72
96
120 G
reece
C
yprus
Bulgaria
FYR
O
M
Albania
3027
78
8
60
61
15
5
15
35
17
82
14
106
Connected
Disconnected
Abandoned

17. Internet Number
Resources

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Countries at a Glance

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Resources Issued - Greece
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
ASN 16-BIT
ASN 32-BIT
IPV4 ALLOCATION
IPV6 ALLOCATION

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Country Routing Statistics

21. IPv4 Status

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RIPE NCC Available IPv4 Pool
www.ripe.net/IPv4-graph

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Completed IPv4 Transfers
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000
1400000
1600000
1800000
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
2016-05 2016-06 2016-07 2016-08 2016-09 2016-10 2016-11 2016-12 2017-01 2017-02 2017-03 2017-04
Size of Transfers
# of Transfers
IPv4 Total Transfers
Number of Transfers Size of Transfers

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IPv4 Transfers in the Region
5120
39680
164352
0 0 4608
59648
625664
5888 0
65536
3072
121088
256 0
GR CY BG MK AL
0
100000
200000
300000
400000
500000
600000
700000
Incoming Within Outgoing

25. IPv6 Deployment in
Greece

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ASNs announcing IPv6
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
2010
2012
2014
2016
0 0
4.3
13.3
11.4
10.3
27.5
26
0 0
11.5
21.4 21.4
24.1
25.8
22.9
1.6
4.5
6.8
10.1
11
11.5
13.6
14.8
8.3
6.3
12
15.1 14.8
12.3
11.3
14.3
3.8
4.9
9.5
13.8
17.6
20.6 20.3
21.3
6.2
10.0
13.3
15.9
17.7
19.3
21.4
23.4
All GR CY BG MK AL

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IPv6 RIPEness - Greece
24%
16%
6%
34%
21%
0-star
1-star
2-star
3-star
4-star

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IPv6 RIPEness - All LIRs
20%
15%
10% 29%
26%

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IPv6 Capable Rate - Global

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IPv6 Capable Rate - Europe

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Use of IPv6 in Europe
https://stats.labs.apnic.net/ipv6

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On RIPE Labs
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/fergalc/focus-on-
greece-ripe-ncc-statistics-and-data

33. Questions