[Bp_ixps] BPF IXP - document structure and survey

Fri Sep 25 09:29:14 EDT 2015

Hi all,

Maybe of interest: Keith Mitchell did a talk on the ‘great British IXP failures’ at a recent UKNOF meeting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr827f4cDj4

I attached screenshots of the ‘lessons learned’, for those with bandwidth constraints. You can see them in the video starting from https://youtu.be/Cr827f4cDj4?t=1159 . No surprises there btw.

After the presentation Ben Hedges from LINX asks the question what metric one would use to define ‘succes’ of an IXP: how does one define a successful IXP? Keith goes on to say that:

‘It is about critical mass. Do you have traffic, do you have participants. Is there peering?, (…) It is also about longevity. If you still have your IXP after 5 years then you’re probably successful. If you’re not going to make it then you’re probably going to fail within 5 years. I think it’s also about: do you have a functioning organisation, is there transparency, is there neutrality, is there effective governance? Is there physical sustainability, is there sustainability in terms of personnel and facilities. I think it is one of those things that is self-evident but also measurable.’

Anyway. Fyi I will not be able to join next week’s call but will try to provide input and suggested changes/additions to the draft before Tuesday.

Regards,
Bastiaan

> On 25 Sep 2015, at 10:54, Coppens Pasteur NDAYIRAGIJE <coppens.ndayiragije at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello Wim;
> 
> Suggesting in your amendment as follows and in red in color:
> 
> (0) Introduction
> 	( definition of an IXP, history, facts )
> (1) What is the role and benefits of Internet exchange points?
> (2) Identification of the main stakeholders and their roles
> (3) The dimensions of the environment
> 	(policy&regulatory, technology & infrastructure, people & HR)
> (4) Setting up an IXP:  choices and challenges
> 	(organisation form, challenges, answers)
> (5) Examples
> 	(case studies of successful and unsuccessful stories, or links to reports describing them)
> (6) Widely accepted criteria for an enabling environment for IXP success
> 	(this should also include the take away or (policy) messages from the BPF IXPs)
> (7) Further information 
> 
> NB: It is very important to learn from both successful and unsuccessful cases
>  
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> With kind regards;
> Coppens Pasteur NDAYIRAGIJE
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> Government Communication System (COMGOV) & National Datacenter at SETIC Burundi; 
> Chairman of BurundiX A.S.B.L/ Burundian IXP Non-profit Association; and 
> ISOC Burundi Chapter Member. 
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> 
> On Wednesday, September 23, 2015 12:25 AM, Jane Coffin <coffin at isoc.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Wim -
> 
> Agree.  I am at an IXP training/leveling up workshop in Asia and those are all factors involved in start-up, leveling-up, etc.
> 
> Jane
> 
> From: Bp_ixps <bp_ixps-bounces at intgovforum.org> on behalf of Wim Degezelle <wdegezelle at drmv.be>
> Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 11:36 PM
> To: Kyle Spencer <kyle at stormzero.com>, Bijal Sanghani <bijal at euro-ix.net>, Gael Hernandez <gael.hernandez at asitic.net>
> Cc: "bp_ixps at intgovforum.org" <bp_ixps at intgovforum.org>
> Subject: [Bp_ixps] BPF IXP - document structure and survey
> 
> Hi Kyle, Bijal, Gaël, 
> Hi All, 
> 
> 
> Based on the survey responses I identified a couple of key points which, in my opinion, should part of the core of our best practice document: 
> 
> 
> - organisation form
> ° different organisations forms
> ° reasons for choosing a particular form
> ° evaluation, pros/cons of the different organisation forms
> 
> - Challenges
> ° challenges to create/set up an IXP
> - funding
> - get political support / deal with resistance
> - relation to the incumbent or main telco
> - ...
> ° challenges after launching the IXP
> - enlarging the IXP’s membership
> - developing an IXP Community
> - technical training / find the technical staff
> - cost to connect members to the IXP facility (dark fiber cost)
> - power (dev. countries)
> - … 
> 
> ° how IXPs dealt with the challenges
> 
> 
> I have some difficulty to accommodate these in the current structure of the document.
> Therefore I suggest to amend the structure as follows:
> 
> 
> (0) Introduction
> ( definition of an IXP, history, facts )
> (1) What is the role and benefits of Internet exchange points?
> (2) Identification of the main stakeholders and their roles
> (3) The dimensions of the environment
> (policy&regulatory, technology & infrastructure, people & HR)
> (4) Setting up an IXP:  choices and challenges
> (organisation form, challenges, answers)
> (5) Examples
> (case studies of success stories, or links to reports describing them)
> (6) Widely accepted criteria for an enabling environment for IXP success
> (this should also include the take away or (policy) messages from the BPF IXPs)
> (7) Further information 
> 
> 
> 
> I’m looking forward to your feedback!
> 
> Best
> Wim
> 
> 
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