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livestreamThe 8th Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) takes place from 22-24 August, 2017 in Abidjan, Côte D’Ivoire. The event discusses regional interconnection dynamics and content issues that are critical components of transit deficits. As a multi-stakeholder forum, AfPIF seeks to foster cross-border interconnection opportunities by ensuring that key players — infrastructure providers, Internet service providers (ISPs), IXPs, international financial institutions, and policy-makers and regulators are present at the event. The event is being streamed live via the Internet Society livestream channel. Abidjan time is UTC thus 4 hours ahead of NYC.

What: Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum 2017
Where: Azalaï Hôtel Abidjan, Abidjan, Côte D’Ivoire
When: 22-24 August, 2017
Program: http://www.internetsociety.org/afpif/2017/en/agenda
Webcast: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpif2017/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/
Twitter: #afpif2017

#afpif, #isoc-africa, #peering

CITPToday, Friday March 11 2016, the Center for Internet Policy at Princeton University (CITP) presents A Conference on Global Internet Interconnection. The ways that content and Internet service providers interconnect on the Internet are playing an increasingly important role in the nature of the Internet. Interconnection affects many aspects of the Internet experience, including user quality of experience for streaming video, the costs that consumers bear for Internet access, and the security and privacy of consumer data. This CITP conference will present a mix of technical and policy perspectives on interconnection. We will explore the ongoing (and forthcoming) technical developments in Internet interconnection and explore how these and other developments relate to the increasingly colorful and nuanced regulatory and policy questions in this space. It is being livestreamed and recorded.

What: CITP Conference on Global Internet Interconnection
Where: Princeton University, NJ
Agenda: https://citp.princeton.edu/event/interconnection/
Webcast: http://media central live.princeton.edu
Twitter: #interconnection

#citp, #interconnection, #ixp, #peering

AfPIF 2015The 6th Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) takes place from 25-27 August, 2015 in Maputo, Mozambique. The event will discuss regional interconnection dynamics and content issues that are critical components of transit deficits. As a multi-stakeholder forum, AfPIF will seek to foster cross-border interconnection opportunities by ensuring that key players — infrastructure providers, Internet service providers (ISPs), IXPs, international financial institutions, and policy-makers and regulators are present at the event.The event is being streamed live via the Internet Society livestream channel. Maputo time is UTC+3 thus 7 hours ahead of NYC.

What: Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum 2015
Where: Girassol Indy Congress Hotel, Maputo, Mozambique
When: 25-27 August, 2015
Program: http://www.internetsociety.org/afpif-2015/sessions
Webcast: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpif2015
Twitter: #afpif2015

#afpif, #africa, #isoc, #ixp, #mozambique, #peering

AfPIFThe 2013 Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) takes place from September 3-5 2013 in Casablanca, Morocco. AfPIF addresses the key interconnection, peering, and traffic exchange opportunities and challenges on the continent. It starts with a one day training programme followed by a two-day forum. Key players from infrastructure and service providers, IXPs, regulators and policy makers can engage in a relaxed but business like environment, sharing their experiences and learning from experts in the field. The event will be streamed live via the Internet Society livestream channel. Casablanca is UTC +1 thus 5 hours ahead of NYC.

What: Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum 2013
Where: Sheraton Casablanca Hotel & Towers, Casablanca, Morocco
When: September 3 – 5, 2013
Program: http://www.internetsociety.org/afpif-2013/sessions
Webcast: http://new.livestream.com/internetsociety/
Twitter: #afpif2013

#afpif, #africa, #peering

Peering is the foundation of the global Internet. Its details are often arcane and ad hoc. One of the major efforts of the Internet Society is to promote the establishment of new Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), especially in developing countries. Over the next 3 days, at the 3rd Annual African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) in Johannesburg, South Africa, over 150 participants from over 30 countries, and 11 IXPs, will explore the practicalities. The entire meeting wil be webcast on the Internet Society Chapters Webcasting Channel.

What: African Peering and Interconnection Forum
Where: Hilton Sandton Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa
When: 22-24 August 2012
Program: http://www.internetsociety.org/afpif-2012/programme
Webcast: http://www.livestream.com/internetsocietychapters
Archive: http://bit.ly/AfPIF3webcast
Twitter: #AfPIF3
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/afpif

#afpif, #africa, #peering, #webcast

Joan Engebretson of Connected Planet has filed a report – TW Telecom asks the FCC to declare IP voice a telecommunications service. tw telecom (formerly Time Warner Telecom), a large midwest based fiber service provider, says that, despite having the necessary switches, incumbent telcos are refusing to negotiate IP-to-IP peering connections. The incumbents want to preserve the archaic time-based ‘access charge’ structure – admittedly the financial lifeblood of rural telcos. The public suffers through 1) higher costs, and 2) signal degradation due to conversion processes. Access charge reform is already slated but uncertain. tw telecom wants the FCC to make the move to 1) force the telco’s to come to the table, and also to give providers the right to appeal to State utility regulators for intervention if required.

#peering, #sip, #tw-telecom-fcc, #voip

Hunter Newby at INET NYHunter Newby, CEO and President of Allied Fiber, has visited ISOC-NY more than once to explain the company’s plans to build an open access backbone fiber ring around the USA. We liked his ideas enough to invite him to participate in the Technology Panel at the recent INET New York. Writer John Savageau has interviewed Hunter and published part 1 – Hunter Newby on Communications in America – Are We Competitive? – of a resulting series of three articles.

Savageau concisely sums up the Allied Fiber philosophy. See below:

(more…)

#allied-fiber, #hunter-newby, #infrastructure, #open-access, #peering, #transit

As revealed by the Level 3/Comcast contretemps late in 2011 the rules of peering are being upended as video becomes prevalent on the web and delivery networks own increasing degrees of backbone infrastructure. Peering itself is an esoteric subject. Here is a helpful primer - Unravel the Mystery of Peering – from Fred Cannone, Sales and Marketing Director, TELEHOUSE America.

#educational, #ixp, #peering, #telehouse, #transit, #video

On Jan 19, as part of the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee State of the Net Conference 2011, a panel of experts discussed the changing landscape of video distribution, and its implications for lawmakers. The panel was preceded by a short presentation by MIT Research Associate Dr. William Lehr outlining the state of play.

Moderator
*Gary Arlen, President, Arlen Communications

Panel

  • Marvin Ammori, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Nebraska Law School
  • Richard Bennett, Sr. Fellow, The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
    • Susan Crawford, Professor, Cardozo Law School & Research Collaborator, The Center for Information Technology Policy
    • Adam Thierer, Sr. Research Fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University

    #broadband, #comcast, #internet, #nbcu, #netnetrality, #peering, #susan-crawford, #video

As most are aware Level 3 has complained that it is being gouged by Comcast. It appears Comcast has demanded extra cash for transit costs due to an increased level of traffic due to Level 3’s new arrangement to carry Netflix traffic previously carried by Akamai. Under the Akamai CDN system Comcast had been paid to host Akamai servers on its network and there was obviously less load on their transit costs. No wonder they are unhappy.

Comcast, concerned about public opinion especially with the NBCU merger decision looming have made the following explanatory video:

However it’s difficult to see, at least in the mind of the general public, how this will help their case – the public is accustomed to paying for the bandwidth to receive content, not the other way round! While peering and simple Internet service are not the same thing, the difference is not easily discernible..

There are several illuminating explanations/comments on the web:

#comcast, #level-3, #peering

Olivier of ISOC-England writes:

Very interesting article on the BBC:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8417680.stm

My own views on this article is that there appears to be a gross misunderstanding by many people of how the Internet works, and I am trying to find out in this instance, who’s more guilty of this misunderstanding, whether it is “China”, the gentleman from the European Commission, the ITU, or the BBC.

Yes, in some cases, the Internet works with peering agreements allowing for flow of traffic from backbone provider to backbone provider. But this is not the case for every Internet Service Provider out there.
“Pendants”, ie. networks connected to the rest of the network through a single link, sometimes pay to get connected to the Internet backbone, with no “discount” whatsoever. This has always been the case, and it is therefore entirely possible that an end user gets charged according to the amount of traffic they send and receive. The great thing about the Internet is that charging models at the edge of the network (customer access points etc.) can be whatever you design them to be. Of course, you can’t charge on a per destination basis, but that’s the whole point of the Internet.

The use of the word “Borders” in the article is even more confusing: “China wants to meter all internet traffic that passes through its borders”, ie. into/out of the country, and there is allusion to the “Border Gateway Protocol – BGP”. What an amalgamation! These two, I’m afraid, are completely unrelated.

Also, the paragraph “It would allow countries which currently receive no payment for use of their lines to generate income.” is completely misleading too. Short of a few insane volunteers like us lot, I have never heard of an actual “country”, (1) being in the business of owning and running telecommunications lines, and (2) doing it for free.

Finally, I find it… amusing, for lack of better fitting word, to see that the ITU, an organisation which has brilliantly excelled in its absence of involvement in the development of the Internet, is purported as being “the UN body in charge of internet standards”.

Is the ITU trying to introduce a PSTN-era monopoly telecom control? Shall we all turn back our clocks 30 years?

Red herring or serious political move? I wonder if any of you have sources which could validate this article, and whether the perceived threat is real or grossly inflated?
Bonus question: if metering Internet access in this way, how will economic growth be impacted in Western Economies when their digital economy plans collapse?

Warmest regards,

Olivier

—
Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
http://www.gih.com/ocl.html

#bbc, #china, #internet, #metering, #olivier, #peering

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