1. NaMeX
Maurizio Goretti
General Manager
goretti@namex.it

2. NaMeX today
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Established in 2001 as
a consortium
Originally started as a
voluntary based activity,
eventually moved to a
professional
organization
Nautilus
Mediterranean
eXchange Point
An IXP in the middle of
the Mediterranean basin

3. NaMeX
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Consortium is supported by members’ financial
contributions
A public price list for all members (no individual
agreements)
Yearly fees are set by members’ general meeting,
upon proposal from board of directors
CINECA guarantees prices that cover its own
costs
NaMeX is held by its members
Financial contributions are fully employed in
providing professional services back to members

4. NaMeX today
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An infrastucture aimed at providing its (now 53)
members with new opportunities:
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Carrier housing services: requested by network operators in
order to establish a point of presence and access private
interconnections and IP transit at competitive prices
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Peering services for the exchange of IP traffic with a large
number of ISPs
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Other services:
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SPC-QXN (PA dedicated exchange network), FUB (Internet quality
monitoring)
Over-the-top infrastructures
Remote connection to AMS-IX
Remote hands

5. Members
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Over-the-top (i.e.:
Google, Akamai)
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Content providers
(Aruba, Seeweb,
CloudItalia)
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Carriers (Level 3,
Sparkle, Cogent, WIS)
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ISPs
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WISPs
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Public institutions (FUB,
SPC-QXN)
Afferenti
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
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2011
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2012 2013
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6. Financials
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Increasing budget
(+17%)
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Income from peering
services is
decreasing
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Income from carrier
housing services is
increasing
Bilancio
2005
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2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
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KEuro
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580
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KEuro

7. Content Providers
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Datacenter provides housing space to major
international content providers:
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Content providers account for 30% of ISPs traffic
today
Cache servers bring content close to end users

8. National strategies
Redundancy point for
national traffic:
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ISPs with a national extent and a
point of presence in one of the
IXPs in northern Italy are showing
a growing interest in connecting to
NAMEX, in order to:
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Provide a disaster recovery
site (international fiber paths
do not pass through Milan
and Turin)
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Load balance their backbone
traffic
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Aggregate traffic from center
and southern Italy locally

9. International strategies
Landing stations project:
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Italy as a gateway to Europe
Help network operators from
Mediterranean countries and
operators being carried over
sea cables, to establish their
network presence in Italy
AMS-IX Partnership
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Virtual IXP port remotization
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9 connected members
Common strategies towards
international carriers
Try&Buy campaign

10. Thanks!
Maurizio Goretti
General Manager
goretti@namex.it