[lac-discuss-en] [At-Large] Fw: Internet Traffic Exchanges - A Very Successful Model

[Carlton Samuels]

Yessir, I agree more attention to the IXP matter is required.

BTW, I've had some dealings with CANARIE thru my C at ribNET interests; this
is the regional research and education network we just implemented.

Great outfit, that CANARIE.

- Carlton.

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On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Gareth Shearman <shearman at victoria.tc.ca>wrote:

> Thanks for this Carlton.
>
> More attention needs to be paid to this issue.
>
> Here in Canada CIRA is promoting the establishment of such exchanges and
> exchanges have been established by BC Net, a regional affiliate of CANARIE,
> Canada's high speed research network.
>
> Gareth
>
>
> On 2012-10-24, at 10:48 AM, Carlton Samuels wrote:
>
> > ....peering agreements are instituted on a handshake.
> >
> > This should be of interest in areas of the world where the challenge to
> > Internet for the many is access...and the [direct and indirect] costs of
> > access.
> >
> > It makes the case for IXPs and their widespread proliferation. This is
> not
> > to say there aren't increasingly contentious challenges on the horizon...
> >
> >
> http://oecdinsights.org/2012/10/22/internet-traffic-exchange-2-billion-users-and-its-done-on-a-handshake/
> >
> > - Carlton
> >
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