IXPS and Peering in the Caribbean Growing the Caribbean Digital - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Presenter: Bevil M. Wooding Caribbean Outreach Manager, Packet Clearing House IXPS and Peering in the Caribbean Growing the Caribbean Digital Economy

Global Context By 2020, smartphones will generate 30% of total IP traffic Global broadband speeds will surge from 24.7 Mbps in 2015 to 47.7 Mbps by 2020 Total global IP traffic expected to reach 1.1 zeRabytes by the end of 2016 Presenter: Bevil Wooding, Packet Clearing House

Peering and Interconnection: INTERNET SERVICES building increasing TECHNOLOGY-ENABLED capacity DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES LOCAL INTERNET facilitaYng improving INFRASTRUCTURE Built on COLLABORATION EDUCATION enhancing INVESTMENT in LOCAL LOCAL TRAFFIC EXCHANGE compe==veness TECHNOLOGY STRENGTHENING INFRASTRCUTURE Cyber-security INFRASTRCUTURE IXPs Presenter: Bevil Wooding, Packet Clearing House

The manifestation of inefficiency • Inefficient traffic Countries rouYng which have • Needless export of not yet built IXPs capital disadvantage • DisincenYve for local themselves content providers Presenter: Bevil Wooding, Packet Clearing House

101 : What’s An IXP The • keep local Internet traffic within primary local infrastructure and role of an • to the reduce costs associated Internet with traffic exchange between exchange Internet Service Providers (ISPs). point is to Presenter: Bevil Wooding, Packet Clearing House

101 : HOW IXPs WORK COUNTRY WITHOUT A LOCAL IX COUNTRY WITH A LOCAL IX Presenter: Bevil Wooding, Packet Clearing House

The IDEAL PROGRESSION DOMESTIC INTERNET Internet ECONOMY Commerce Local Content Internet Exchange Point / Increased Peering Presenter: Bevil Wooding, Packet Clearing House

Caribbean IX MOMENTUM IN PROGRESS 1. Barbados 2. Belize Bahamas 3. BriYsh Virgin Islands St KiRs & Nevis 4. Curacao Suriname 5. Dominica Puerto Rico 6. HaiY CONSIDERING 7. Jamaica 8. St Maarten ü More Local Bandwidth, AnYgua/Barbuda 9. Grenada Cuba ü More Local Traffic 10. Saint Lucia USVI 11. St Vincent & the Grenadines RouYng 12. Trinidad and Tobago ⌧ More Local InnovaYon Presenter: Bevil Wooding, Packet Clearing House ⌧ MORE Local Content

Converting the Naysayers… What We Confirmed There markets are small There Is Local Traffic to be but there is HUGE Exchange on Local opportunity for Internet Networks InnovaYon & Economic Value Presenter: Bevil Wooding, Packet Clearing House

Caribbean IXPs: Beyond Switching Bevil Wooding Caribbean Outreach Manager, Packet Clearing House

SHIFTING FOCUS ARenYon is shieing from traffic exchange, to local digital content development and local cybersecurity iniYaYves Presenter: Bevil Wooding, Packet Clearing House

The content is coming Major Content Providers deploying Caches Root Servers Being Installed Presenter: Bevil Wooding, Packet Clearing House

The Community is Mobilizing CarPIF creaYng CaribNOG Growing Caribbean Peering Technical Community Forum Innovators Designing Internet Orgs facilitaYng Advocacy and Capacity New Caribbean Cloud Building Services Presenter: Bevil Wooding, Packet Clearing House

3 Keys to IXP Success Local Network Resilience Local Network ApplicaOons Local Digital Content and Services Presenter: Bevil Wooding, Packet Clearing House

Local Network APPLICATIONS Building the Local • Storage / Backup / Hos=ng Solu=ons Cloud Value-Added • VoIP, Video, Broadcas=ng, eLearning, eGov Services TransacYon • Mobile broadband, Rural broadband Access, Support eCommerce Facilita=on, Order Fulfilment Presenter: Bevil Wooding, Packet Clearing House

Growing Your IX: Priority • SupporYng IXPs, post-launch • Encouraging Local content development • Expanding Regional ISP presence (routes!) • Reducing the cost of internaYonal transit • Increasing intra-regional and internaYonal peering arrangements Presenter: Bevil Wooding, Packet Clearing House

Thank Online Resources You… • Packet Clearing House: hPp://www.pch.net Presenter: Bevil M. Wooding • Internet Society: Email: bevil@pch.net hPp://www.isoc.net @bevilwooding Twitter: @pchglobal

About the Presenter Bevil M. Wooding Internet Strategist, Packet Clearing House Mr. Wooding serves as an Internet Strategist and the Caribbean Outreach Manager for Packet Clearing House, an internaYonal non-profit research insYtute supporYng criYcal internet infrastructure, operaYons and analysis in the areas of Internet traffic exchange, rouYng economics, and global network development. He has played leading role in the establishment of Internet exchange points in the Caribbean, working with ISPs, regulators and policymakers to facilitate the process. He also a co-founder of the Caribbean Network Operators Group and he regularly designs and facilitates technical training, public awareness and technology educaYon and outreach iniYaYves regionally and internaYonally. Presenter: Bevil Wooding, Packet Clearing House