National Commodity Peering TransitRail Update October 11, 2006 St. Louis, MO

1. National Commodity Peering TransitRail UpdateOctober 11, 2006St. Louis, MO

2. Why TransitRail? • Commodity traffic is CENIC’s single largest use of bandwidth • Regional peering currently saves CENIC roughly $1M per year • Other drivers: net neutrality, latest ‘killer apps’ (YouTube, MySpace, Google, etc.) Corporation for Network Education Initiatives in California

3. CENIC Peering vs TransitCommodity only - no R&E Corporation for Network Education Initiatives in California

4. External Traffic VolumeAugust 20-October 9 Corporation for Network Education Initiatives in California

5. Premise • Successful large-scale commodity Peering can... • Decrease commodity costs and result in overall savings • Reduce reliance on commercial vendors • Increase routing efficiency and flexibility Corporation for Network Education Initiatives in California

6. TransitRail Is/Will Be... • NATIONAL FOOTPRINT • Multiple exchange locations around the US; • COMMODITY FOCUSED • Packet-agnostic • Connections at commercial peering exchange points • Unhindered by high bandwidth R&E flows; • PEERING • Direct network-to-network bilateral IP Packet exchange • ROBUST and RELIABLE • Engineered to serve commodity demands: diverse routes, redundant connections, on-site maintenance, etc. Corporation for Network Education Initiatives in California

7. TransitRail Goal Goal: create a network presence and infrastructure that will attract and retain TierOne type peering to the benefit of the R&E community Corporation for Network Education Initiatives in California

8. What to Expect TransitRail participants are likely to experience anywhere from a 25% to 60+% reduction in the overall traffic that normally goes over their commodity ISP circuits Corporation for Network Education Initiatives in California

9. Who • CENIC and Pacific Northwest Gigapop are jointly proposing, developing, and implementing the TransitRail facility • These groups have significant individual and joint experience with peering facilities and prospective peering partners • Partnering with NLR who will provide the underlying network infrastructure as well as the relationship with the participants. Corporation for Network Education Initiatives in California

10. TransitRail is NOT… • R&E network peering • Replacement for local peering • Many-to-many peering facility • An alternative for 100% of all your commodity transit needs • Pacific Wave • Profit center for CENIC/PNWGP Corporation for Network Education Initiatives in California

11. TransitRail: Phase 0 • CENIC and PNWGP sharing subset of peers with FRGP and PSC • Using NLR FrameNet (layer 2) infrastructure for transport Corporation for Network Education Initiatives in California

12. Phase 0 Connectivity * Abovenet * Accretive Networks * Adelphia Cable * AllStream * Akamai * AsiaNetCom * BBC * Blackoak * Bungi * CableCom * China Telecom * Cogent * Cox Cable * DaCom * DSLnet * Earthlink * EBay * Electric Lightwave * Electronics Arts * Epoch * FLAG Telecom * Global Naps * Globix * Google * GT Telecom/360 Networks * Hanaro Telecom * HopOne * Hurricane Electric * IIJ * Inet Main Street * Internet Software Consortium * Japan Telecom * Jupiter Hosting * KDDI * Korea Telecom * Limelight * Maxim * Microsoft Corporation * MySpace * Mzima * nLayer * Nokia * Packet Clearing House * Peer1 Networks * PoweredCom * Primus Telecom * RCN * Reach Networks * ServePath * Shaw Communications * SingTel * Sony Entertainment * Speakeasy * SunRise Telecom * Swisscom-IP+ * TDS Telecom * Time Warner Telecom * Telecom Malaysia * TTNet * UltraDNS * ViaNet * WV Fiber * XMission * XO Communications * Yahoo! * Zocalo Corporation for Network Education Initiatives in California

13. Phase 0:Aggregate at CENIC Corporation for Network Education Initiatives in California

14. What’s Next • Peering node builds: LA, Sunnyvale, Seattle, Chicago, Washington DC. • Location selection criteria: • reasonable proximity, and access, to an NLR POP; • dispersed east-west locations; • highest peering potential based on fiscal investment for that location Corporation for Network Education Initiatives in California

15. Infrastructure • Equipment (CISCO 7600s) • 10GE links (NLR WaveNet), loops to exchange points • New autonomous system • Restrictive peering policy to maximize return Corporation for Network Education Initiatives in California

16. Seattle (Westin Bldg) Equinix DC Chicago Equinix Ashburn Sunnyvale PAIX Phase1 Trial (proposed) Los Angeles (Equinix LAP) Equinix LAX 1 Wilshire Corporation for Network Education Initiatives in California

17. Routing Policies • What TransitRail requires of its peers • 3-5 locations throughout US • Large amount of traffic exchanged per peer • Reliable Operations Corporation for Network Education Initiatives in California

18. Routing Policies • What TransitRail requires of its peering participants • Structured local preference • Maintained IRR object • Willingness to tune announcements to L3/Wiltel/C&W (to attain highest amount of usage) Corporation for Network Education Initiatives in California

19. Peering is not “free” • CENIC estimates our peering cost $5-$6/Mbps • NTR is 10G network dedicated to commodity peering • NTR cost estimates: • Startup: $1M • Annual: $1.7M Corporation for Network Education Initiatives in California

20. Getting Connected • Phase 0 • Proof of concept only • Additional participation possible through “Letter of Intent” • Phase 1 • Working with NLR on funding • Looking for interested participants willing to sign non-binding “Letter of Intent” Corporation for Network Education Initiatives in California

21. Thank You Corporation for Network Education Initiatives in California