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The South America & Caribbean Internet access point is Miami
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Shorten the latency to single digits 1- 9 ms
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Bringing the content closer, lower latency and response time from 40
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Improve customer experience
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Multiple submarine cables (7) connecting to the US and the region
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Two datacenters and a Internet Exchange
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ISP’s, CDN’s, IPT providers
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UTS, C&W, Digicel, Telbo, TRES, Scarlet, SSCS, Flamingo TV,
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Google, Akamai, Netflix, Facebook, CloudFlare
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International industry stakeholders. Lacnic, Lac-ix, Lac-peering
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AMS-IX international industry presence and strength
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Public private initiative between the Minister Transport and
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Strategic partnership with the Amsterdam Internet Exchange
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Governed by its own members.
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Maximum transparency through the website
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Improving end user experience
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Increase the user online time; bandwidth- and content demand
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More and more online services:
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Banking services, tax filling and payments, insurance companies,
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(Free) WiFi service in public transport busses and down town
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strengthening the present Caribbean region model
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building out together with industry stakeholders
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More content locally/regionally
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Further improving user experience
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Enabling further growth and development
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Improving regional internet performance to enable growth and development by reducing latency, enhancing infrastructure, and fostering partnerships. Timeline from 2005 to present showcasing milestones and results. Governance structure and stats illustrate the successful mobilization of change. Focus on reducing latency between South America & Caribbean internet access point in Miami to single digits for improved end-user experience and increased online services.
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Improving the regional Internet performance enabling growth and development Nico Scheper
Challenges The South America & Caribbean Internet access point is Miami About 3000 km one-way Long distance transport and latency anywhere around 40 - 100 ms Shorten the latency to single digits 1- 9 ms
Infrastructure Bringing the content closer, lower latency and response time from 40 100 ms to 1 9 ms. Improve customer experience Multiple submarine cables (7) connecting to the US and the region Two datacenters and a Internet Exchange ISP s, CDN s, IPT providers
Timeline 2005 2011 Mobilizing change, innovation, partnerships, CAR-IX Started running traffic in July 2011 during the CANTO 27th Annual meeting in Suriname 2011 2016: UTS, C&W, Digicel, Telbo, TRES, Scarlet, SSCS, Flamingo TV, ECP, Blue Nap Americas Google, Akamai, Netflix, Facebook, CloudFlare International industry stakeholders. Lacnic, Lac-ix, Lac-peering forum, Caribbean peering forum, Caribnog, SLS. AMS-IX international industry presence and strength 6
Governance structure Public private initiative between the Minister Transport and Communications, the Regulator BT&P, and the founding members UTS, Digicel, Telbo, Scarlet and EOCG. Strategic partnership with the Amsterdam Internet Exchange Non profit Governed by its own members. Maximum transparency through the website cw.ams-ix.net incl customer portal my-ams-ix.net 7
Results 2007 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Now AMS-IX Car traffic Gbps 1.5 2 3.5 5 12.5 Average download Mbps Internet penetration % HH Ports 1.6 7.5 14 16 17.5 51% 65% 69% 76% 79% 80% 80+% 100Mb 100Mb 1GE 1GE 10GE 10GE 10GE (100GE)
Growth and development Improving end user experience Increase the user online time; bandwidth- and content demand More and more online services: Banking services, tax filling and payments, insurance companies, custom office, education, other government services, media, social media, events, apps (Free) WiFi service in public transport busses and down town tourists trafficking area. 10
Next steps strengthening the present Caribbean region model building out together with industry stakeholders More content locally/regionally Further improving user experience Enabling further growth and development
AMS-IX Caribbean Improving user experience enabling growth and development cw.ams-ix.net nico.scheper@cw.ams-ix.net
