Congrats, Mehmet! Your persistence is paying off! ---- Andy Ringsmuth 5609 Harding Drive Lincoln, NE 68521-5831 (402) 202-1230 a...@andyring.com
> On Apr 13, 2024, at 10:14 AM, Mehmet <meh...@akcin.net> wrote: > > Hello NANOG > > Little bit less than 19 years ago when PRIX was launched I had a dream to > connect many ISPs in the island. > > during last 19 years several attempts were made to relaunch an IX but finally > last three years a small group of volunteers have really helped PRIX to be > come a reality not an IX with PowerPoint and no traffic. > > You can hear the story from those who have significantly helped from project > here > https://www.youtube.com/live/kCp4kK-mavU?si=N82CGRSatdzrmX2H > > This week there is Global Peering Forum in Puerto Rico, and I as one of the > old time nanoger + local(i dont live here anymore but, you know what i mean > want to welcome and send this update about PRIX > > https://www.puertoricoix.net has broken traffic record 30Gbps last week and > with some more caches in the process of being enabled as well as some key > peers (listed on the website), next goal is 100G and this can be achieved > with those of you who has an ability to help deploy more caches in Puerto > Rico! 🇵🇷 > > I want to take a moment thank Jeff, Ivan, and Gino for all the hard work > behind. > > If you are attending GPF this week, let’s talk and see what else we can do to > improve internet in Puerto Rico and Caribbean! Any questions related to PRIX > feel free to contact me offlist > > Mehmet > > Note: all links below are broken 😞 > PRIX - Puerto RIco Internet Exchange > > • From: Mehmet Akcin > • Date: Tue Sep 27 12:50:12 2005 > Hi, > > I'd like to speak with people who were / are working in IX points and/or have > knowledge about the infrastructure of IX points. > > We , a small group of researchers , have started a Project called Prix [ > http://prix.uprr.pr ] which has the intentions of creating a large table for > those who would like to sit down, in other terms an internet exchange point > where all the participants can peer. > > Our main goal is to improve the existing connectivity between the major > backbone > providers and improve the connectivity between them with peering locally > instead > of peering somewhere in the states, which is couple of thousands miles far > from > Puerto Rico. > > We believe improving the network connectivity of the island will definately > led > those who live in Puerto Rico to think of using VoIP technologies more often. > > We, myself and a friend of mine who is also participating in this project, > will > be participating in NANOG and hopefully can meet with those who has experience > in order to get recommendations about hardware/software and policies. > > Thank you > > Mehmet Akcin, PRIX > > >
