National Commodity Peering TransitRail Update October 11, 2006 St. Louis, MO.

National Commodity PeeringNational Commodity Peering TransitRail Update TransitRail Update

October 11, 2006October 11, 2006

St. Louis, MOSt. Louis, MO

National Commodity PeeringNational Commodity Peering TransitRail Update TransitRail Update

October 11, 2006October 11, 2006

St. Louis, MOSt. Louis, MO

Corporation for Network Education Initiatives in California

Why TransitRail?

• Commodity traffic is CENIC’s single largest use of bandwidth

• Regional peering currently saves CENIC roughly $1M per year

• Other drivers: net neutrality, latest ‘killer apps’ (YouTube, MySpace, Google, etc.)


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Peering Volume

Transit Volume

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CENIC Peering vs TransitCommodity only - no R&E


External Traffic VolumeAugust 20-October 9


Premise

• Successful large-scale commodity Peering can...– Decrease commodity costs and

result in overall savings– Reduce reliance on commercial

vendors– Increase routing efficiency and

flexibility


TransitRail Is/Will Be...

• NATIONAL FOOTPRINT– Multiple exchange locations around the US;

• COMMODITY FOCUSED – Packet-agnostic– Connections at commercial peering exchange

points– Unhindered by high bandwidth R&E flows;

• PEERING– Direct network-to-network bilateral IP Packet

exchange• ROBUST and RELIABLE

– Engineered to serve commodity demands: diverse routes, redundant connections, on-site maintenance, etc.


TransitRail Goal

Goal: create a network presence and infrastructure that will attract and retain TierOne type peering to the benefit of the R&E community


What to Expect

TransitRail participants are likely to experience anywhere from a 25% to 60+% reduction in the overall traffic that normally goes over their commodity ISP circuits


Who

• CENIC and Pacific Northwest Gigapop are jointly proposing, developing, and implementing the TransitRail facility

• These groups have significant individual and joint experience with peering facilities and prospective peering partners

• Partnering with NLR who will provide the underlying network infrastructure as well as the relationship with the participants.


TransitRail is NOT…

• R&E network peering• Replacement for local peering• Many-to-many peering facility• An alternative for 100% of all

your commodity transit needs• Pacific Wave• Profit center for CENIC/PNWGP


TransitRail: Phase 0

• CENIC and PNWGP sharing subset of peers with FRGP and PSC

• Using NLR FrameNet (layer 2) infrastructure for transport


Phase 0 Connectivity* Abovenet* Accretive Networks* Adelphia Cable* AllStream* Akamai* AsiaNetCom* BBC* Blackoak* Bungi* CableCom* China Telecom* Cogent * Cox Cable* DaCom* DSLnet* Earthlink* EBay* Electric Lightwave* Electronics Arts* Epoch* FLAG Telecom* Global Naps* Globix* Google* GT Telecom/360 Networks* Hanaro Telecom* HopOne* Hurricane Electric* IIJ* Inet Main Street* Internet Software Consortium* Japan Telecom* Jupiter Hosting* KDDI

* Korea Telecom* Limelight* Maxim* Microsoft Corporation* MySpace* Mzima* nLayer* Nokia* Packet Clearing House* Peer1 Networks* PoweredCom* Primus Telecom* RCN* Reach Networks* ServePath* Shaw Communications* SingTel* Sony Entertainment* Speakeasy* SunRise Telecom* Swisscom-IP+* TDS Telecom* Time Warner Telecom* Telecom Malaysia* TTNet* UltraDNS* ViaNet* WV Fiber* XMission* XO Communications* Yahoo!* Zocalo


Phase 0:Aggregate at CENIC


What’s Next

• Peering node builds: LA, Sunnyvale, Seattle, Chicago, Washington DC.

• Location selection criteria: – reasonable proximity, and access,

to an NLR POP; – dispersed east-west locations; – highest peering potential based on

fiscal investment for that location


Infrastructure

• Equipment (CISCO 7600s)• 10GE links (NLR WaveNet),

loops to exchange points• New autonomous system • Restrictive peering policy to

maximize return


Seattle (Westin Bldg)

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Routing Policies

• What TransitRail requires of its peers– 3-5 locations throughout US– Large amount of traffic

exchanged per peer– Reliable Operations


Routing Policies

• What TransitRail requires of its peering participants– Structured local preference– Maintained IRR object– Willingness to tune

announcements to L3/Wiltel/C&W (to attain highest amount of usage)


Peering is not “free”

• CENIC estimates our peering cost $5-$6/Mbps

• NTR is 10G network dedicated to commodity peering

• NTR cost estimates:– Startup: $1M– Annual: $1.7M


Getting Connected

• Phase 0– Proof of concept only– Additional participation possible

through “Letter of Intent”

• Phase 1– Working with NLR on funding– Looking for interested participants

willing to sign non-binding “Letter of Intent”


Thank YouThank You

National Commodity Peering TransitRail Update October 11, 2006 St. Louis, MO.

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