Vancouver Internet Exchange

Vancouver Internet Exchange
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Musical
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BCNET
Coast to Coast IXP Status
ISP Summit - November 3, 2014
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Vancouver Internet Exchange
VANIX Milestones
• May, 2014
– Peer1 Hosting donates Juniper 10Gbit switch
– Skyway West hosts in MMR 6B
VANIX Milestones
• May, 2014
– Peer1 Hosting donates Juniper 10Gbit switch
– Skyway West hosts in MMR 6B
– Website, lists, IP Resources obtained
VANIX Milestones
• May, 2014
– Peer1 Hosting donates Juniper 10Gbit switch
– Skyway West hosts in MMR 6B
– Website, lists, IP Resources obtained
– Initial Core switch connected to PIX via redundant
fibre, VANIX lights up
VANIX Milestones
• May, 2014
– Peer1 Hosting donates Juniper 10Gbit switch
– Skyway West hosts in MMR 6B
– Website, lists, IP Resources obtained
– Initial Core switch connected to PIX via redundant
fibre, VANIX lights up
• June, 2014
– BCNET donates Juniper 10Gbit switch, hosts in
Spencer Building, connects to VANIX
VANIX Milestones
• August, 2014
– Juniper Networks donates a Juniper 10Gbit switch
– Cologix donates space, power at 1050 West
Pender, as well as diverse fibre path to MMR 6B
VANIX Milestones
• August, 2014
– Juniper Networks donates a Juniper 10Gbit switch
– Cologix donates space, power at 1050 West
Pender, as well as diverse fibre path to MMR 6B
• November 25, 2014
– First User’s Group Meeting hosted by BCNET
– Official Launch Party!
VANIX Participants
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Peer1
Shaw
Netnation
BCGov
BCNet
Uniserve
Primus
Terago
Skyway West
Pier Programming
Teksavvy
AEBC Internet Corp.
Pushware Wireless
Flowfinity
SmartTNet
Limelight
Navigata
Rocket Networks
Sasktel
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Hurricane Electric
KixMedia
Distributel
OpenDNS
Square-Data
PoF
Astute Hosting
iDigital
Akamai
Urban Communications
OpenDNS
Microsoft
Stargate
Sea To Sky Networks
Gossamer Threads
Intermedia
Allstream
British Columbia Institute of
Technology
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CBC Radio
Columbia Networks
Cybera
Emily Carr University of Art +
Design
Government of British Columbia
HGTN
Novus Entertainment
RackForce Networks
Simon Fraser University
TRIUMF
University of British Columbia
Verisign
Wavefront
Radiant Communications
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Total: 52 Networks!
Approaching 10Gbps of Traffic through 6B
Next?
• Governance
– Current discussions about Non-Profit
Organization, Federal or Provincial?
– Upon completion, an initial AGM will determine
pricing, policies, and expansion plans
Next?
• Technical
– OpenDNS has donated servers and engineering
skills
– Route Servers, Network Intelligence, and Looking
Glass
– Paid services; Private VLANS, redundant
connections, MPLS and 24/7 monitoring
Contact VANIX
• Web: www.vanix.ca
• Email: [email protected]
• Join the List!
– http://lists.vanix.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo