O pen C aribbean I nternet e X change Eldert J. Louisa, October 27 - 28, 2015
OCIX ORGANIZATION l OCIX is a non-profit, neutral and independent, professional exchange. l On the 21 st April 2008 OCIX Association was established as an Association in St. Maarten, operating under Netherlands Antilles Law. l OCIX N.V. is the company of which the Association is a 100% owner that acts as the operator and administrator of the exchange. l Membership is free of charge
Launching of the OCIX with a workshop In July 2009, the Internet eXchange (IX) OCIX was launched with a l workshop on IPv6 and IXP where all the major ISPs and some public and private sector companies on St. Maarten were invited. The workshops were provided by Bill Woodcock of Packet Clearing l House (PCH), Joao Damas of ISC and Roque Gagliano of LACNIC
A UNIQUE TELECOM WORLD FRENCH SITE • 4 Mobile Operators • 1 PSTN Operator • More than 3 TV operators • Various ISP and VAS operators DUTCH SITE • 2 ac5ve Mobile Operators • 2 Mobile Operators in the making • 1 PSTN Operator • 2 TV operators • Various ISP and VAS operators
GLOBAL INTERNET SPEED 35% globally above 10 Mbps
ST MAARTEN INTERNET SPEED 8 Mb 5 Mb Viewing a live streaming: 1 Mbps for viewing on a laptop computer 2 Mbps for SD video on a TV 4 Mbps for 720p HD video 5 Mbps for “ the best video and audio experience ”
TESTING YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION nperf.com CHECK I IT O OUT
Telecom Infrastructure (Distance & Redundant) that influences consumer pricing 368 km 1,631 km SMPR-1 SSCS 86.3 km Most of St. Maarten’s ± 8 GIGABYTE of IP traffic is coming from mainland USA with a transport distance of approximately 2000 km which causes the IP transit price to go from ± 3 USD Mb to ± 50 USD per Mb when opera5onal and maintenance costs are added
INTERNET EXCHANGE POINT IN THE CARIBBEAN World Average USA > 35 IXP Netherlands > 50 IXP 76.61 US$ per MB #8 , ± 4.1 US$ per MB #4 , ± 2.4 € per MB IP transit SXM 40 - 60 USD per Mb Caribbean 8 IXP We need to increase the amount of Internet Exchange Points in the Caribbean in order to increase Internet penetra5on in the region. NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CARIBBEAN REGION.
IMPROVED GOOGLE TRAFFIC WITH CACHE SERVER ON ST. MAARTEN Google Traffic Demand IP transit to fill the Cache (GGC) ± 2.5 ± 1.0 G Saving of 1.5 G on IP transit which is a cost saving between 30k - 50k USD
OCIX TRAFFIC GROWTH Tremendous 2016 Growth 2015 An increase of ±300% every year Currently we have on average 1Gb worth of traffic on the OCIX with the peak traffic of 4G
O pen C aribbean I nternet e X change Membership St. Maarten is the IDEAL place to bring THE INTERNET closer the Caribbean Region and we are busy working on realizing this dream
Key challenges of the OCIX Continue to bring awareness locally on the importance of an l Internet Exchange for the St Maarten ecosystem. Bring more content to the OCIX, Internet Exchange for the l Caribbean Region. Create local and regional content specifically tailored to the l Caribbean market. Enhance the quality of the internet by making it more affordable l with better and faster for the end-users. Stimulate and promote entrepreneurship for St. Maarten and the l rest of the Caribbean Region.
OCIX website http://www.ocix.net For more information contact us at +1721-5429140 or send us an e-mail at info@OCIX.net
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