RIPE39 EIX WG Update Keith Mitchell Chief Technical Officer

© XchangePoint, What we are doing n XchangePoint is building, and will provide and operate: n Well funded n Neutral n State of the art n Well managed n High capacity and performance n Reliable n Open n Flexible, responsive and customer-focussed Internet Peering Point (IPP) services in 5-10 European cities in the next 3+ years

© XchangePoint, Who we are

© XchangePoint, Our Differences & Strengths n VC funding n for-profit n €9M in place now n not a membership organisation n Non-restrictive participation n Pan-European n Multiple Co-Location providers’ sites in each city n Fast Provisioning n Neutrality….

© XchangePoint, XchangePoint’s Neutrality Principles n VC ownership is Neutral n ISP and Carrier Neutral n we will not compete with our customers n we will not move traffic between cities or countries n no exclusive arrangements n CoLo Provider Neutral n present at  3 CoLo sites per city n partner with multiple CoLo providers as customer n choice of CoLo sites for our peering customers n no exclusive arrangements n Service provision will be Neutral

© XchangePoint, Our Implementation Strategy n We have, will and are building IPPs from scratch where there is demand n We want to partner with existing IPPs where possible & appropriate n Service needs of emerging IPP customer communities n Important to keep co-ordination and dialogue channels open in evolving market

© XchangePoint, Architecture Overview Metro Area Architecture - London n 2 “Core” nodes per city n 10 racks n 2 Extreme BlackDiamond switches n 2 or more “Basic” nodes per city n 3-5 racks n 2 Extreme Alpine switches n ADVA WDM equipment at all sites n Dark fibre metro ring connecting all sites in city n Gigabit Ethernet between switches and sites n 10-Gigabit capable Telehouse North Other colo Global Switch East Redbus Interhouse Ethernet Switch Metro DWDM Terminal Customer Co-Lo Facility Dark Fibre

© XchangePoint, Ethernet Switches n 2 Extreme Black Diamond 6808i switches at Core sites n 2 Extreme Alpine 3804 switches at Basic sites n Each switch at each site connected to one of two separate wavelength overlay networks n Virtual dual-vendor approach n different code on each overlay network’s switches n Dual overlay networks connect at Core nodes n maximum flexibility for high bandwidth interconnect within Core

© XchangePoint, DWDM Node

© XchangePoint, DWDM Advantages n Bandwidth multiplication n Provides extra resilience n optical circuit protection around ring n or use inter-switch trunking for each ring path éfaster fail-over than spanning tree n New services n Inter-site Private Interconnect n Improves scalability n Permits multiple logical topologies over single physical MAN n Can conserve switched bandwidth

© XchangePoint, Network WDM Topology

© XchangePoint, DWDM Configuration n ADVA system supports 32 protected wavelengths ( ) per fibre ring n Initial configuration 8 : n 3 for inter-switch backbone connections n 1 for R&D/test (e.g. dedicated multicast overlay) n 4 can provide up to 12 unprotected private interconnects n Later configurations will exploit multiplexing capability of ADVA equipment: n up to 8x1 Gigabit channels per 10G n Remaining can be used to increase backbone or PI capacity in 1G or 10G increments

© XchangePoint, Private Interconnect n Copper and Fibre cross-connect available as a service within sites n Can dedicate single DWDM /channel to private interconnect between two high-volume peering customers n Gigabit ethernet, also STM-4, STM-16 options n Protected and unprotected options n -interconnect will be available between ISPs only n not available for within a customer’s backbone to avoid competing within conventional carrier business and maintain our neutrality

© XchangePoint, Build Status n London nodes mostly complete n live and ready for service ! n First site Redbus Interhouse n Harbour Exchange in London n Telehouse London: n Nodes in both North and East buildings n Global Switch London complete early May n DWDM fibre network mid/end June n Redbus Paris late summer

© XchangePoint, Redbus Interhouse Core Node

© XchangePoint, Telehouse East & North Nodes

© XchangePoint, Global Switch Basic Node

© XchangePoint, Service Trial n Pilot service available now n Incentives for early adopters n Available until either: n 10 trial participants n inter-site fibre network lit n 2 x 100M or 2 x 1G ports per participant n availability subject to capacity at site n Best efforts for now - full SLA at end of trial

© XchangePoint, Current Customers n Connected now: n XO n Verio / NTT n Connecting soon: n AboveNet n C&W / INS n Enquiries from over 30 more ISPs being followed up

© XchangePoint, Service Offerings n Copper & Fibre in-building connection to node n Gigabit Ethernet ports n 100baseT Ethernet ports n In-site wiring private interconnect n Inter-site private interconnect

© XchangePoint, Service Level Agreement Commitments n Service provision within 10 days of order n Response to 24x7 customer support requests n Availability: 99.7% n Lower level of 99.0% for single-homed customers and unprotected circuits n Packet loss: n 0% within single site n 0.05% between sites n Rebates for failure to perform

© XchangePoint, Value-Added Services n Cisco 7200 Collector router at each core site n Traffic statistics servers n per-customer private stats option n Out-of-band console access n Customer dial-in via ISDN30/Cisco 3640 n Media converters

© XchangePoint, Future Services n 24x7 pan-European NOC n Multicast traffic exchange n banging of switch vendor heads together still needed… n IPv6 n mostly just addressing, allocation issues n 10G Ethernet between switches 2001 Q3 n Start thinking about inter-ISP VoIP interconnect issues n Build team will become R&D team

© XchangePoint, Contact Details CTO:Keith Mitchell Sales:Jeff Meulman Web: Presentation: Phone: