CAiX : Internet eXchange Point : Current Status

Internet eXchange PointCurrent Status

Tunis

April 2013

History

CAIX established in Q2 2002 by MCIT with only two Internet Service Providers (ISPs).

CAIX mission is to connect all Class A and B ISPs in Egypt to exchange the local traffic inside Egypt and save their international bandwidth.

Today CAIX is running by NTRA and has the whole working Class A & B ISPs in Egypt.

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Cairo IXP: Current Status

Local IXP, operated by NTRA, no membership fees

6 ISPs connected:

(Etisalat Misr, LinkDotNet, NOOR, TEDATA, Vodafonedata and YallaMisr)

BGP peering for IPv4 and IPv6 (4 ISPs peer v6)

Hosting PCH having copy of 30+ ccTLDs, E-root, and L-root.

Hosting Verisign J-root

Max daily exchanged local traffic is 1+ Gbps

No transit B.W. , No CDN

Usage per ISP

TEDATA : Max. 651 Mbps ~ STM4

LDN : Max. 607 Mbps ~ STM4

Vodafonedata : Max. 167 Mbps ~ STM1

EtisalatMisr : Max. 113 Mbps ~ STM1

NOOR : Max. 112 Mbps ~ STM1

YallaMisr : Max. 1.17 Mbps

IXP Saving more than $1M yearly 4

Daily total local traffic

Source http://www.caix.net.eg/index.php/sumexchange-traffic

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IXP New Services/LocationsHosting global CDN: Services with high B/W usage are

welcome to join CAIX:Akamai

Google

Limelight

Facebook

Cloudflare

BitGravity/Tata

Rotana

• We been contacted recently by: MediaNova

M-Lab

BGP peering for international bandwidth providers (Flag,TI,etc.)

New IXP in main cities: Alex, Suez, Assuit,Tanta.6

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ImpactsSaving cost for international traffic, and local

transmission links

Improving QoS

Backup scenarios

Reducing prices

New business opportunities (content developers,

gaming, domain reg., web hosting,…)

During submarine cable lines disruption..8

Operation Model

Tunis

April 2013

IXP New Operation Models (Business)

New operation models for CAIX to ensure Neutral, Independent, Self-sustaining operation

1. Outsource the operation only by issuing License

2. Run operation by an Internet Service Providers

Association (ISPA)… not-for-profit

3. Maintain the existing model while modifying the

current regulations10

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Pros Cons

License

- 24/7 Support- Ease to expand and deploy of new services-Social impacts (it is business)- Economical impacts

- peering will not be for free- 3rd party peering rules- Competition- Uncertain Neutrality

ISPA

- 24/7 Support- Not-For-Profit (peering free of charge)- No competition (Between ISPs, CDN ??)- No 3rd party rules

- Initiation difficulties- Medium Neutrality

Gov.

- Peering for free of charge- Peering rules based on consensus of members- High Neutrality- No competition

- No 24/7 support- Not self-sustainable- Restrict Regulations - Expansion is difficult

Interconnecting IXPs

Tunis

April 2013

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Possible in future??

Possible in future??

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Why??

Backup Scenarios (Egypt submarine cable disruption case)

Secure Connection (governmental or business)VoIP (Telecom companies don’t like speaking about this)Content (video, peer-to-peer)Social (language, news, religion)Financial (Job opportunities, more content)

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Already proposed

Proposed for the Arab leagueDidn’t get much attentionWhat about now?

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IXP New Services/Locations

Hosting global CDN (Google, AKAMI, Amazon,

Rotana media, CloudFlare.) + M-Lab + Facebook

BGP peering for international bandwidth

providers (Flag, TI,…etc.)

New IXP in main cities: Alex., Suez,

Assuit, Tanta …17

ImpactsSaving cost for international traffic, and local

transmission links

Improving QoS

Backup scenarios

Reducing prices

New business opportunities (content developers,

gaming, domain reg., web hosting,…) 18

IXP New Operation Models (Business)

New operation models for CAIX to ensure Neutral, Independent, Self-sustaining operation

1. Outsource the operation only by issuing License

2. Run operation by an Internet Service Providers

Association (ISPA)… not-for-profit

3. Maintain the existing model while modifying the

current regulations19

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Thanks

http://www.caix.net.eg/