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February 2000

London Internet Exchange

Point UpdateKeith Mitchell

Executive Chairman

NANOG18 Meeting

San Jose

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Members by CountryMembers by Country

DE9

NL6

IE3

FR4

SE3

DK1

CH2

BE1

NO1

JP1

US9

Global12

UK39

Total = 91

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Recent New MembersRecent New Members

BBC C&W Europe Concert InterRoute IS Internet Mannesman

NTT RML Roka Saunalahti Telenor Nextel Viag

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Gigabit EthernetGigabit Ethernet

First deployed inter-switch 98Q4/99Q1

Available to members: pilot 99Q4 service 00Q1 - 8 members needed !

Poor availability and support of Cisco GigEth router interfaces has hindered member take-up

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LINX SwitchesLINX Switches

Packet Engines 2 x PowerRail-5200 1 x PowerRail-2200 1 x PowerRail-1000

Extreme 1 x Black Diamond 2 x Summit 48

Multicast Exchange Switches Summit 48, PR-1000, Cat 5000

Switch ConfigurationSwitch Configuration

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Extreme Summit 48 SwitchExtreme Summit 48 Switch

PowerRail 5200 SwitchPowerRail 5200 Switch

Extreme Black Diamond

PowerRail 2200 Switch

PowerRail 1000 Switch

Com3

Summit48

POW ERM G M T.

1 00 0 BAS E -X

49R

50R

4 9

5 0

1 2 3 4

13 1 4 15 1 625 2 6 27 2 8

37 3 8 39 4 0

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F LASHI NG GR E ENG R EENAM BER

DI SA BL EDLIN K OKACTI V ITY

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F LAS HING GR EENGRE ENAMB ER

DISA BL EDL IN K OKAC TIV IT Y

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10 /1 0 0 B A S E- TXM D I-X

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Total Traffic GrowthTotal Traffic Growth1

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Max In: 1130.4 Mb/s Average In: 583.2 Mb/s Current In: 1130.4 Mb/s

Max Out: 1339.4 Mb/s Average Out: 606.0 Mb/s Current Out: 1232.6 Mb/s

GREEN ###Incoming Traffic in Bits per Second

BLUE ### Outgoing Traffic in Bits per Second

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Expansion SitesExpansion Sites

Primary sites at: Telehouse, TeleCity

Major co-lo provider growth in London Docklands & City area

Dark fibre Gigabit MAN with WDM By end Feb:

Redbus Interhouse Telehouse Eastern extension

By end Q1: Guardian DR, InterXion, IX Europe

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Peering FacilitationPeering Facilitation

Help reduce legal bills ! Template Peering Agreementhttp://www.linx.net/joininfo/peering/agreement-v4.html

Sample inter-provider contractNon-mandatory

Dispute Resolution Procedurehttp://www.linx.net/joininfo/dispute_resolution.html

e.g. peeringVoluntary, non-binding

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Other InfrastructureOther Infrastructure

Route Servers Pilot Multicast Exchange

~10 participants

Bid to host gTLD server for NSI 3 Cesium NTP Stratum 1 atomic

clocks“Greenwich e-Time” (really UTC)http://www.GeT-time.org

GeT NetworkedGeT Networked1

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Atomic Clocks on Meridian line