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Asian Internet Connectivity, Evolution and the Future Tom Paseka BBIX BGP Party Dec 2014
Connectivity
Connectivity - Lead by Incumbents Asian Internet landscape lead by a number of Local Incumbents
• NTT (Japan) • PCCW (Hong Kong) • China Telecom / China Unicom (China)
• TATA (India)
Some Other Regional Incumbents • Korea Telecom (Korea) • Telekom Malaysia (Malaysia) • PLDT (Philippines) • Hinet (Taiwan)
• SingTel (Singapore)
Other Notable Networks • Pacnet • Telstra • KDDI
• SoftBank • Global Cloud Exchange
Connectivity • Many of the incumbents don’t interconnect or co-operate well
• Traffic is routed poorly
• Some traffic will trombone in other Asian countries
• Eg. Traffic between networks in Singapore might go via Japan
• Some traffic will even trombone via USA
• Regional Connectivity needs to change
Connectivity • This is an old story
• European networks evolved away from Exchanging traffic in US
• This helped grow European based Exchange Points!
• Now some of the biggest in the world
• Changed the way that content was delivered
“The Old Ways” - Content Delivery
“The Old Ways” - Content Delivery
Asian Internet
Asian Internet • But, the internet in Asia is a little bit different
• Different economies, thousands of miles apart, over oceans
• Compared to Europe where different economies are tens of miles apart.
• Content is often regionalized, because of language
Language based Regionalization • Hong Kong Produces a lot
of popular TV content
• But its only in Cantonese Language 廣東話 / 粵語
• Spreads to Cantonese speaking regions and others with translation
• Has been largely by traditional media
• Or through P2P Software. Internet medium is lacking
Language based Regionalization • Same situation with Japanese, Korean and other Asian languages and
content
• Changes as more content is being brought to the internet and onto CDNs
• Connectivity will need to change to grow with demand and changing platforms
Growth of Large Hosts • Large hosts growing Datacenters
in region
• More apps, platforms moving into Asia
• Networks need to grow reach for performance
• Happiness of users grows with better performance too J
Asian Internet
• More content will come to the region.
• Netflix announced launch in Australia, is Asia next?
• In North America, Netflix accounts for around 30% of Internet traffic
• More regional content to come, but will the networks be ready for it?
Asian Internet • Is getting better!
• NTTcom (AS2914) has more connections with other carriers than before (eg. Pacnet, PCCW, TATA).
• Still lacking some connectivity between the carriers, but
• Asian network is becoming less fragmented.
• Better interconnection is needed for content still
Future
Future of Asian Internet • Even better regional connectivity
• Growth of Exchange Points
• Most markets (Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea) only have a single viable internet exchange points
• Open to new entrants for diversity (BBIX Expanding to Singapore and Hong Kong)
• Better reach for regional content, and local peering!
Future of Asian Internet
• Continued drop in IP Transit pricing
• New entrants to the market, overtaking dominant or incumbent leaders
• Better connectivity and happy users!
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