NWIX Northwest Internet Exchange UPDATE Presented by Nick Whittaker

NWIX Update  Established in January 2005 taking over the former Manchester Network Access Point Ltd network infrastructure.  Phase 0 (May 05 – July 05) Former MaNAP switches decommissioned, Foundry Super-X install network upgrade to 10GE ring  Phase 1 (August 05 – December 05) Network Increase from 3 site to 6 sites.  Phase 2 (Jan 06 – July 06) Network expanded to Liverpool from 6 sites to 8 sites  Phase 3 (July06) Network expanded to London

NWIX London services  Customer demand lead expansion, into two of the following sites:- HEX, SOV, THN, THE  Up to 40GE (4 x 10GE) 2 diverse paths available within 7 days Same pricing model for P2P, QinQ, CUG Opportunity to Expand the Peering LAN

Peering LAN Update 7 new members in 06 New pricing structure based on Fibre or Copper connections (same price for copper connection irrespective of speed) Several enquires for 10GE connections to the peering LAN Considerable interest from Content Providers

Peering LAN Update Opportunity to expand peering LAN to NWIX London Locations Prospects currently being contacted to find the most popular locations Announcement due in the near future

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