Page 12 – Together, your Internet, even better

The French Regulator ARCEP published a first report to ensure the development of the Internet in France as a common good

30 May 2017 Franck SIMON Comments 0 Comment

Guardian of communication networks, Arcep has made protecting an open internet one of its four strategic priorities. Arcep‘s report on the state of the internet in France focuses on the threats that could undermine the Internet’s proper functioning and neutrality, and sets out the regulator’s actions to contain these threats. France-IX has participated to the report (see page 48) and to the roundtable to share its point of view regarding the interconnection in France and the development of Marseille.

PeeringDB, a must-have for the peering community

12 May 2017 Delphine MASCIOPINTO Comments 0 Comment

For the second consecutive year, France-IX renews its support to peeringDB, a must-have for the peering community. peeringDB being non profit and member-based, the funds from France-IX and the other sponsors are used to maintain the database, develop new features and cover structural costs.Today peeringDB, a free resource available on the Internet, is essential for any peering coordinator, who uses it regularly or even automatically thanks to its recent APIs. The database contains the locations and contacts of IP networks by AS number, IXPs such as France-IX…

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First step towards automated provisioning of peering services

11 May 2017 Delphine MASCIOPINTO Comments 0 Comment

Until last week, prospective members were able to download online and fill out an Adobe PDF file asking for their company information, billing and technical details. All this information is necessary to set up any new member in our internal system and prepare accurately the France-IX connection agreement. Once signed, additional technical information was requested by email in the vast majority of cases to finalize the service configuration. This means that multiple manual entries were required in our internal system…

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Zoom on Capacity Middle East 2017

7 March 2017 Franck SIMON Comments 0 Comment

In March, I was invited to speak as part of a panel at the Capacity Middle East conference in Dubai. Now in its 13th year, Capacity Middle East is the largest gathering of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 carriers and service providers in the Middle East. The panel in question was called: Fast-Tracking Digital Content Delivery & services Across the Middle East. With a senior analyst from Telegeography, Erik Kreifeldt, as moderator, the various panellists who included Ivo…

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If you peer in Paris, why peer in Marseille?

28 February 2017 Delphine MASCIOPINTO Comments 0 Comment

France-IX Paris (created in 2010, total of 330 AS) is more established than France-IX Marseille (created in 2013, total of 33 AS), there is no doubt about that. We even believe that in the long term, France-IX Marseille will always count less members than France-IX Paris but will exceed Paris in term of traffic. The difference lies in the geographic location and the addressable market of each community. Peering in Paris has been historical and attracts a wide variety…

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