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Title: CAR-IX Caribbean Internet Exchange


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CAR-IXCaribbean Internet Exchange
Job Witteman job.witteman_at_ams-ix.net
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Who is AMS-IX
  • Largest Internet Exchange Globally
  • 25 employees
  • 300 connected parties
  • 500 ports operational
  • 6 access points
  • 400 Gb/sec at peak
  • 70 international

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members
  • ISPs
  • Carriers
  • Fixed
  • tier 1, tier 2, tier 3
  • Mobile (gprs,umts)
  • CDNs (akamai, limelight)
  • Content providers (yahoo, google)

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AMS-IX as facilitator
  • AMS-IX approached by Netherlands Antilles
  • IX considered valuable for increased connectivity
    and business activity
  • Facilitating between parties
  • AMS-IX inside solution

5
Good of the Internet
  • Well run IXs add to the stability of the
    Internet
  • We are happy to share the expertise we built up
    over the years
  • Help kick-start industry
  • Transfer IX knowledge to stakeholders

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Organization
  • Not for profit CAR-IX association
  • Holding all shares in CAR-IX bv (ltd)
  • Connected parties will automatically be member
  • Elected board from amongst the members
  • One member one vote
  • Transparant structure
  • Bi lateral peering agreements

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5 Founding members
  • UTS
  • Telbo
  • Scarlet
  • EOCG
  • Digicel

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Implementation
  • Stand alone switch (plus back-up)
  • Professional colo on Curacao
  • Remote management by AMS-IX
  • In- and out of band access for NOC
  • AMS-IX NOC for tech support (mail phone)
  • AMS-IX member support via web

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A Flying start
  • We transfer over 10 years knowledge and
    expertise in this field
  • Interactive reporting web-site/portal
  • Copy paste of back-office
  • Proven technology
  • Ready for service October 2008

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Key values at a glance
  • Neutral
  • Non-profit
  • Independent
  • Membership based
  • Boosting regional infrastructure
  • Connect the Caribbean
  • Profiting members, business community and
    ultimately the end-users

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CAR-IX Management
  • CAR-IX Board members
  • Eric Stakland (CEO Scarlet Chairman)
  • Paul de Geus (CEO UTS)
  • Edsel Winklaar (CEO Telbo)
  • Chris Engels (GM MIO)
  • Hans Lute (GM Digicel)
  • MD Agaya, Nico Scheper

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Current infrastructure
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Questions ?
job.witteman_at_ams-ix.net
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