wbnequinix.com

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Commercial Grade Internet Facilities(CGIF)
Project
William B. Norton Here is the opening -
interesting project...

• William B. Norton wbn_at_equinix.com
• Co-Founder

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Mission Help Harden the Internet
Species Backhoe (Connectus Interuptus)
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CGIF Deployment

• Mission Help Harden the Internet
• Mass Deployment of Commercial Grade Internet
  Facilities
• IP Clueful - NOC-NOC Communications
• Large 40,000-100,000 sq ft
• Well funded by long-view VC Angels
• ETA 35-40 global CGIFs by Y2001

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Proposed Domestic Sites 99-00
Washington,DC 4/99 New York, 4/99 XXX, 5/99
Washington, DC 4/99 New York, 4/99 XXX, 5/99
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Global Deployment of CGIFs
...plus 20 Global Sites FY00-01
15 domestic sites FY 99-00
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Rules of Engagement

• Peering Policy Agnostic (Bi-Lateral, MLPA, Public
  Private Interconnects)
• Neutrality - not an ISP or Telco
• Value Added Services as community requires
  (security servers, settlement services, web
  caches, Research Stats/Probes, etc.)

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Technology

• Multiple disjoint interconnect technologies
• Biometric Security
• Facility
• 2n/n1 (power, HVAC, security) redundancy
• Terrabit Switches/Routers - input
• BGP4/IRR

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For more information

• http//www.equinix.com/
• William B. Norton
• wbn_at_equinix.com

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