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January 30, 2003
Community Internet Exchange
I am preparing my presention for NANOG next month. I have written a little about CommIX before. I will be part of a panel discussing recent developments at exchange points around the world. I have presented on CommIX at previous NANOG conferences, as well as at various conferences and meetings in Utah.
One of the points I hope to articulate at NANOG is that there is growing need for exchange points that focus on community needs. I realized this shortly after I started at UEN just over two years ago, when the Utah REP was re-branded the Community Internet Exchange. I found in discussions with government, education and business leaders that a local exchange point could meet the needs of more than just local Internet providers.
This is an important difference between CommIX and existing national exchange points. It partially answers the question I'm always asked at NANOG and similar events: why should carriers care about an "insignificant" regional exchange in Utah? The pat and overly simplified answer is: because their customers and regulators in that region care about it.
Posted by pete at January 30, 2003 10:21 PM
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