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Route servers filtering policy: current status and next steps

Route servers filtering policy: current status and next steps

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Early November, all active members and resellers were invited to give their opinion on the route servers filtering policy they would like France-IX to adopt. Early December, we shared with you the vote results and the next steps. We have now reached a key milestone with the implementation of IRR and RPKI/ROA filtering capabilities on each router server during February. Reminder about the route filtering on the Internet: Reliable tier 1 operators have long been applying a filtering based on…

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How to contact us?

How to contact us?

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New year, new projects and the first one being to always better serve our community! The points of contacts at France-IX have evolved online on our website to answer you more efficiently and quickly: sales, technical, billing/accounting, marketing and other general request. CONTACT SALES IF You are a France-IX member or a partner (remote peering, marketplace) and… You want to move or change your current connection (upgrade, migration) You need to modify your administrative data (acquisition, merger, change of contacts,…

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France-IX launches its first point of presence location tool called « PoP finder »

France-IX launches its first point of presence location tool called « PoP finder »

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After a soft launch in 2017, we are excited to announce the launch of this new mapping tool. We named it “PoP finder” simply because it allows any online visitor to find easily and quickly any point of presence (PoP) in Paris, Marseille, in France and anywhere in the rest of the world where a network can connect to France-IX either directly (France-IX PoPs in red) or via France-IX remote peering partners (reseller PoPs in green). First, we built a…

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France-IX route servers filtering policy: vote results and next steps

France-IX route servers filtering policy: vote results and next steps

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Early November, all active members and resellers were invited to give their opinion on the route servers filtering policy they would like France-IX to adopt. We want to thank you for your feedback and your interest in this matter. With a voter turnout of 33%, 110 members/resellers (out of a total of 331) expressed their opinions. Please find below the results and the next steps regarding this project. Results 1/ Do you think that by default, route servers should not…

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The future of IXP’s will be service driven

The future of IXP’s will be service driven

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The future of internet exchange points is collaboration, “the point is not to be the biggest, it’s to be clever enough to make sure you facilitate the entry of a new network, instead of wanting to be the only one connecting this new network,” says France-IX CEO, Franck Simon. It’s been a good year for France-IX. The company has been successful in attracting a number of corporate companies, in addition to CDN’s (content delivery networks) and ISP’s (internet service providers)…

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France-IX wins its first Global Carrier Award

France-IX wins its first Global Carrier Award

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We are delighted to let you know that France-IX has won the award for Best Internet Exchange Innovation at the Global Carrier Awards 2017. The committee has rewarded France-IX for its innovation in the launch of its Marketplace in 2016. This new programme adds value to all France-IX peering members by enabling them to buy IP related services easily, cost-effectively and in record activation times from the seven sellers available on the Marketplace today. The innovation lies in how the programme disrupts the traditional IXP business model. The Global Carrier awards…

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Developing IXPs in Africa: Why it’s important and how it offers potential for growth

Developing IXPs in Africa: Why it’s important and how it offers potential for growth

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Second only to Asia in landmass and population size, Africa is currently home to 1.216 billion people. That massive population is also young as 40 percent is less than 14 years old. UNICEF predicts that by 2050, 25 percent of all the people in the world (and 40 percent of the world’s youth) will be African . These young people are, like Millennials in Europe or the US, the online generation,which has helped increase the number of subscriptions to mobile…

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IXP Training from France-IX

IXP Training from France-IX

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Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), where networks physically meet to cost effectively exchange local traffic, are an important part of the Internet, especially for enabling local users to access a variety of content and services. However, launching and maintaining an IXP, particularly in developing countries, can be complicated and start-up groups can benefit from knowledge, experience and training passed on by those of us who have been down the road before. France-IX is the Premier Internet Peering Service Provider in France,…

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Technical Quarterly Update Q2’17

Technical Quarterly Update Q2’17

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The main actions undertaken during that time include the following:   1- New Paris backbone infrastructure renewal with 3 main phases (RFP selection, POC and deployment): RFPs: 3 RFPs have been launched based on technical compliance and cost competitiveness with the following results:    Dark fibers: the main goal was to rebuild a dual core backbone (Telehouse 2 and Interxion PAR5) with every edge PoP dual attached to the core. Five new dark fibers have been deployed with new providers (IELO-LIAZO and…

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Renewal of France-IX’s board

Renewal of France-IX’s board

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Dear France-IX Members, Some of you brought up the question at the General Meeting last September about the concepts of the corporate board seat and if we should get rid of it as they seemed no longer up to date. As promised the board looked into it and also talked to our legal advisor regarding the wording and spirit of the articles. Here is the result: We do no have to change the articles of association as they allow for both,…

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