Peering Information: Some Data Points

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Peering Information Some Data Points

• William B. Norton
• Co-Founder and Chief Technical Liaison
• Equinix, Inc.

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NSFNET to Post-NSFNET Era Internet
Merit
OarNet
NyserNet
NWNet

• NSFNET (1987-1994) Regional Tech Meetings
• Performance Operations
• Reporting Coordination
• Routing Network Planning

NEARNet
BARRNet
NSFNET
Regional
Regional
Sesqui
SDSC
Regional
NCAR
OarNet
Merit
NWNet
NyserNet
ANS
Privatization (1994-Now) North American Network
Operators Group (NANOG) Meetings
UUNet
Sprint
MCI
Regional
ATT
Regional
Regional
Regional
Mom, C. No Internet Preso
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Internet Statistics

• 87.5 of all Internet statistics are made up.

Source I made it up.
Source I made it up
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My Job Now

1. Bad Jokes in Public Forums
2. Internet Operations Research
3. Present Findings in Forums

ITU Rio de Janeiro RIPE Budapest NANOG
Montreal, Eugene ISPCon - IIR London Inet
Prague, Yokohama
APRICOT Manila, Singapore,
Seoul, Kuala Lumpur INTAP - Tokyo IETF
Oslo FCC Washington DC ITW Seattle Cisco
Forum, CLEC Expo, IWS2000 Tskuba, Etc.
Audience
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Internet Service Providers and Peering

• 200 ISP Peering Coordinators
• Terminology, strategies,
• Process, thought pattern
• ? One of the Most Difficult Parts of Peering is
  Initiating Contact (who, how, initiating dialog)

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So, at Montreal NANOG

• Peering BOF presented white paper
• Introduced Peering Contact Database
• Only for Peering Coordinators
• Toss in business card (w/AS)
• ?All those in PCD get e-mailed updated PCD
• 130 Peering Coordinators listed today
• I evangelize the PCD during my talks

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Current PCD Listings

• Demographics of the Peering Contact Database

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Survey 2001 Study of Global IX Populations

• Surveyed All exchange points in the world?
• Copied All participants information
• Midway through

2000
2001
?Combining contact info From multiple
exchanges Gives a better view of Potential
contact points
? Started with ep.net and expanded into other
publicly available information
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Preliminary Findings

• Some Peering Contacts are more than 2 Peering
  Coordinators out of date
• Discovered best practices of Exchange Point
  Operators Web Sites
• Many dont have participants lists
• Highly variable types of info at exchanges
• European exchanges tend to be have better web
  sites for ISP Peering Coordinator usage

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Best Exchange Point Web Site in the World

• Clearly understands the information needs of the
  ISP Peering Coordinator
• Telcos
• Names, sales contacts, phone s and e-mail
• Participating ISPs
• Names, peering contacts, phone s and e-mail
• Crisp Layout

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Recent additions to the Internet Service
Providers and Peering White Paper

• Last Version
• 3 Stages of Peering
• Selection of Peering Partners
• Initial Contact / Peering Negotiations
• Peering Implementation
• ? Top 5 Reasons NOT to peer

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Top 5 Reasons not to Peer

• 1) Already get Traffic for free (through
  existing peering relationships)

Transit ISP EXODUS
Peering
AOL
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Top 5 Reasons not to Peer
Huge investment in Ints circuits, 100s of
routers and colo sites, Staff installs, peering
negotiations, Millions of customers, etc.

• 2) Not True Peers
• Traffic inequity
• Scale inequity
• Not even investments in infrastructure
• Form I dont want to haul your traffic around
  the globe

Large Global Network Provider
Small Regional Player
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Top 5 Reasons Not to Peer

• 3) Lack of Technical Competence
• Troubleshooting network problems takes longer
  when the other ISP NOC and engineers lack the
  technical expertise during an outage

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Top 5 Reasons Not to Peer

• 4) Transit Sales Preferred
• We rather sell you transitLet me introduce you
  to our sales guys

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Top 5 Reasons Not to Peer

• 5) BGP is Tough
• BGP? No Expertise?No measurements? No
  Justification to hire experts?BGP?

Complex
Simple
Conceptual Hurdle
Conceptual Hurdle
Primary
Backup Transit
Primary
Backup Transit
6 personality
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Top 5 Reasons Not To Peer

• 5 Personality Clashes
• They dont understand each other
• and they dont like the interaction

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Thank you for coming Main Points

• Survey 2001 Contact Info out of date
• Peering Contact Database
• Send e-mail to wbn_at_equinix.com to get listed
• Resources Available to the Peering Coordinator
  Community

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Resources Internet Operations Research White
Papers

• Interconnection Strategies for ISPs
• Internet Service Providers and Peering
• Peering Cost Savings Strategies for ISPs ?
  draft
• Peering Simulation Game ? draft
• Build vs. Buy Internet Datacenter ?draft
• Send e-mail for the Peering Contact Database
• Send e-mail to wbn_at_equinix.com

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White Paper Interconnection Strategies for ISPs

• Direct circuits replaced with
• OC-12 into Exchange
• Fiber cross connects
• Cost Drivers
• Big OC-12 Direct Circuit
• Cheap Fiber Cross Connects
• Aggregation Efficiency over OC-12 (21,31)
• Rack Fees
• Exchange Model Cost Formula

ExchangeModelCostBigDirectCircuit()(n-1)x/2Rac
kFees()
OC-12 ?23,000/mo XC200/mo Rack1500/mo
So does the Exchange-based model make sense?
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White Paper Internet Service Providers Peering
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White Paper Peering Cost Savings Strategies for
ISPs
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White Paper The Peering Simulation Game
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White Paper Build Vs. Buy Internet DataCenter

• Modeling
• When does it make sense to build your own?
• To Outsource?
• Issues to consider
• Economies of Scale?
• Multiple Business Models