CAR-IX

Caribbean Internet Exchange

Job Wittemanjob.witteman@ams-ix.net

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Who is AMS-IX

• Largest Internet Exchange Globally• 25 employees• 300 connected parties• 500 ports operational• 6 access points• 400 Gb/sec at peak

• 70% international

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members

• ISP’s

• Carriers– Fixed

• tier 1, tier 2, tier 3

– Mobile (gprs,umts)

• CDN’s (akamai, limelight)

• Content providers (yahoo, google)

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AMS-IX as facilitator

• AMS-IX approached by ‘Netherlands Antilles’

• IX considered valuable for increased connectivity and business activity

• Facilitating between parties

• ‘AMS-IX inside’ solution

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Good of the Internet

• Well run IX’s add to the stability of the Internet

• We are happy to share the expertise we built up over the years

• Help kick-start industry

• Transfer IX knowledge to stakeholders

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Organization

• Not for profit CAR-IX association• Holding all shares in CAR-IX bv (ltd)• Connected parties will automatically be member• Elected board from amongst the members• One member one vote• Transparant structure

• Bi lateral peering agreements

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5 Founding members:

• UTS

• Telbo

• Scarlet

• EOCG

• Digicel

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Implementation

• Stand alone switch (plus back-up)

• Professional colo on Curacao

• Remote management by AMS-IX

• In- and out of band access for NOC• AMS-IX NOC for tech support (mail + phone)

• AMS-IX member support via web

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A Flying start

• We transfer over 10 years’ knowledge and expertise in this field

• Interactive reporting web-site/portal

• Copy paste of back-office

• Proven technology

• Ready for service October 2008

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Key values at a glance

• Neutral• Non-profit• Independent• Membership based• Boosting regional infrastructure:

“Connect the Caribbean”• Profiting members, business community and

ultimately the end-users

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CAR-IX Management

• CAR-IX Board members– Eric Stakland (CEO Scarlet; Chairman)– Paul de Geus (CEO UTS)– Edsel Winklaar (CEO Telbo)– Chris Engels (GM MIO)– Hans Lute (GM Digicel)

• MD Agaya, Nico Scheper

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Current infrastructure

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Questions ?

job.witteman@ams-ix.net