Our SF2 facility’s IXP has a Netflix OpenFiler; https://openconnect.netflix.com
That alone might be worth an XC/IXP. Even where bandwidth is available, it can still be prohibitively expensive - conversely lowering costs could translate to lowered fees to customers. -Ben. > On Sep 13, 2018, at 2:32 PM, Mel Beckman <m...@beckman.org> wrote: > > Mehmet, > > In general an IX only makes sense when there are local resources to exchange. > It doesn’t seem like PR has a lot of, if any, content providers of its own, > so most consumer content is coming from offshore anyway. Given modern DWDM > fiber, backhauling all that content shouldn’t be an issue. I recall that in > mid-2015 PR landed the "most advanced undersea fiber-optic cable in the > Caribbean and Central America”, uniting a total of seven countries and > territories. The head end was at Telephonica’s data center. I remember in > your Nanog talk ten years ago that you felt that peer-to-peer file sharing > and VoIP were major bandwidth consumers, but I’ve never seen the actual > statistics for that. But even if that’s the case, the small number of ISPs > should be able to form and fund their own IX given a business need. > > I’ve done work in the Dominican Republic, and they’re in a similar situation, > with no real business interest in an IX. > > You asked a pointed question: given its location, is an IX in PR necessary? I > know you’re invested a ton of time and effort in making a PR exchange work, > but I think you may already have the answer, given the low interest. That > answer seems to be “no”. > > Of course, if you can get some major content provider buy-n, that might make > the business case more solid. > > -mel > > >> On Sep 13, 2018, at 1:27 PM, Mehmet Akcin <meh...@akcin.net >> <mailto:meh...@akcin.net>> wrote: >> >> It has been little over a year and we have been working on launching an >> internet exchange in puerto rico but of course hurricane and other things >> got in the way of achieving this. >> >> We now have identified what we believe the right location (most of the isp’s >> have presence in this location) backbone/ip transit connectivity, local team >> to provide onsite support. >> >> Having said that We have been engaged with several content delivery >> networks, OTTs but general feedback was that Puerto Rico was not on their >> radar for 2018 hence delayed launch. Now we are talking to same players >> about 2019 but general answer seemed like people were satisfied enough to >> serve Puerto Rico from Miami. >> >> Perhaps we are talking to really big CDNs, OTTs and we should engage >> differently however the level of interest is very low and I really don’t >> want to “build and they will come” again ;-) >> >> Bottom line is, if there was an IXP in Puerto Rico similar to ones in >> Florida, I am trying to understand who would actually deploy (just speak to >> your company only please) because most of my assumptions were proven wrong >> ;-) >> >> I guess I want to ask two questions, given its location in caribbean, does >> Puerto Rico need an internet exchange point? Would you join it?(it will be a >> membership based IXP where members share cost) >> >> Mehmet >> >> On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 4:27 AM Mehmet Akcin <meh...@akcin.net >> <mailto:meh...@akcin.net>> wrote: >> Hey there! >> >> ... ok this time I am not going to call it PRIX ;) well name doesn't matter >> really. Nearly 13 years ago I have attempted to start Puerto rico Internet >> exchange in San Juan. I have lived there over 5 years and i just wanted to >> really watch videos faster. The project somewhat died when i moved to LA but >> now there are few interested party to start an internet exchange in Puerto >> rico. The jsland historically had one of the slowest broadband/internet >> services which seemed to have improved in recent years however as of 2017 >> there still is not an IX in Puerto rico. >> >> We , 3-4 internet engineers (on island and remote) , want to look into >> relaunch of this IX and hopefully find a way to keep local traffic exchanged >> at high speeds and low cost. We need expertise, and people who want to help >> any way they can. >> >> We are trying to make this IX a not-for-profit one and we are looking at >> opeeating models to adapt which has worked incredibly well like Seattle IX. >> >> We are hoping the relaunch to happen sometime in 2018. Thanks in advance >> hope to share more info and traffic data sometime , soon. Watch this space! >> >> Mehmet >> -- >> Mehmet >> +1-424-298-1903 >
