TunIXP workshop, Tunis 30-04-2013, Session 3: Getting Results from IXPs: Governance and Economics , CAiX : Internet eXchange Point : Current Status

1. Internet eXchange Point
Current Status
Tunis
April 2013

2. History
CAIX established in Q2 2002 by MCIT
with only two Internet Service Providers
(ISPs).
CAIX mission is to connect all Class A
and B ISPs in Egypt to exchange the local
traffic inside Egypt and save their
international bandwidth.
Today CAIX is running by NTRA and has
the whole working Class A & B ISPs in
Egypt.
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Cairo IXP: Current Status
 Local IXP, operated by NTRA, no membership fees
 6 ISPs connected:
(Etisalat Misr, LinkDotNet, NOOR, TEDATA, Vodafonedata and YallaMisr)
 BGP peering for IPv4 and IPv6 (4 ISPs peer v6)
 Hosting PCH having copy of 30+ ccTLDs, E-root, and L-root.
 Hosting Verisign J-root
 Max daily exchanged local traffic is 1+ Gbps
 No transit B.W. , No CDN

4. Usage per ISP
TEDATA : Max. 651 Mbps ~ STM4
LDN : Max. 607 Mbps ~ STM4
Vodafonedata : Max. 167 Mbps ~ STM1
EtisalatMisr : Max. 113 Mbps ~ STM1
NOOR : Max. 112 Mbps ~ STM1
YallaMisr : Max. 1.17 Mbps
IXP Saving more than $1M yearly 4

5. Daily total local traffic
Source http://www.caix.net.eg/index.php/sumexchange-traffic
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6. IXP New Services/Locations
Hosting global CDN: Services with high B/W usage are
welcome to join CAIX:
Akamai
Google
Limelight
Facebook
Cloudflare
BitGravity/Tata
Rotana
• We been contacted recently by:
MediaNova
M-Lab
BGP peering for international bandwidth providers (Flag,TI,etc.)
New IXP in main cities: Alex, Suez, Assuit,Tanta.
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8. Impacts
Saving cost for international traffic, and local
transmission links
Improving QoS
Backup scenarios
Reducing prices
New business opportunities (content developers,
gaming, domain reg., web hosting,…)
During submarine cable lines disruption..
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9. Operation Model
Tunis
April 2013

10. IXP New Operation Models (Business)
New operation models for CAIX to ensure
Neutral, Independent, Self-sustaining operation
1. Outsource the operation only by issuing License
2. Run operation by an Internet Service Providers
Association (ISPA)… not-for-profit
3. Maintain the existing model while modifying the
current regulations
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Pros Cons
License
- 24/7 Support
- Ease to expand and deploy of new
services
-Social impacts (it is business)
- Economical impacts
- peering will not be for free
- 3rd party peering rules
- Competition
- Uncertain Neutrality
ISPA
- 24/7 Support
- Not-For-Profit (peering free of charge)
- No competition (Between ISPs, CDN ??)
- No 3rd party rules
- Initiation difficulties
- Medium Neutrality
Gov.
- Peering for free of charge
- Peering rules based on consensus of
members
- High Neutrality
- No competition
- No 24/7 support
- Not self-sustainable
- Restrict Regulations
- Expansion is difficult

12. Interconnecting IXPs
Tunis
April 2013

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Possible in future??

14. Possible in future??
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15. Why??
Backup Scenarios (Egypt submarine cable disruption
case)
Secure Connection (governmental or business)
VoIP (Telecom companies don’t like speaking about this)
Content (video, peer-to-peer)
Social (language, news, religion)
Financial (Job opportunities, more content)
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16. Already proposed
Proposed for the Arab league
Didn’t get much attention
What about now?
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17. IXP New Services/Locations
Hosting global CDN (Google, AKAMI, Amazon,
Rotana media, CloudFlare.) + M-Lab + Facebook
BGP peering for international bandwidth
providers (Flag, TI,…etc.)
New IXP in main cities: Alex., Suez,
Assuit, Tanta …
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18. Impacts
Saving cost for international traffic, and local
transmission links
Improving QoS
Backup scenarios
Reducing prices
New business opportunities (content developers,
gaming, domain reg., web hosting,…)
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19. IXP New Operation Models (Business)
New operation models for CAIX to ensure
Neutral, Independent, Self-sustaining operation
1. Outsource the operation only by issuing License
2. Run operation by an Internet Service Providers
Association (ISPA)… not-for-profit
3. Maintain the existing model while modifying the
current regulations
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Thanks
http://www.caix.net.eg/