Commercial Grade Internet Facilities (CGIF) Project

November 9, 1998 wbn@equinix.comNANOG 14 - Atlanta, GA

Commercial Grade Internet Facilities(CGIF) Project

William B. Norton wbn@equinix.com

Co-Founder

William B. Norton:

Here is the opening - interesting project...

November 9, 1998 wbn@equinix.comNANOG 14 - Atlanta, GA

Mission: Help Harden the Internet

Species Backhoe: (Connectus Interuptus)

November 9, 1998 wbn@equinix.comNANOG 14 - Atlanta, GA

CGIF Deployment• Mission: Help Harden the Internet• Mass Deployment of Commercial Grade

Internet Facilities• IP Clueful - NOC-NOC Communications• Large 40,000-100,000 sq ft• Well funded by long-view VC & Angels• ETA: 35-40 global CGIFs by Y2001

November 9, 1998 wbn@equinix.comNANOG 14 - Atlanta, GA

Washington,DC 4/99New York, 4/99

XXX, 5/99

Proposed Domestic Sites ‘99-‘00

Washington, DC 4/99New York, 4/99XXX, 5/99

November 9, 1998 wbn@equinix.comNANOG 14 - Atlanta, GA

Global Deployment of CGIFs

...plus 20+ Global SitesFY‘00-’01

15+ domestic sitesFY ‘99-’00

November 9, 1998 wbn@equinix.comNANOG 14 - Atlanta, GA

Rules of Engagement

• Peering Policy Agnostic (Bi-Lateral, MLPA, Public & Private Interconnects)

• Neutrality - not an ISP or Telco• Value Added Services as community

requires (security servers, settlement services, web caches, Research Stats/Probes, etc.)

November 9, 1998 wbn@equinix.comNANOG 14 - Atlanta, GA

Technology

• Multiple disjoint interconnect technologies• Biometric Security• Facility

– 2n/n+1 (power, HVAC, security) redundancy• Terrabit Switches/Routers - input…• BGP4/IRR

November 9, 1998 wbn@equinix.comNANOG 14 - Atlanta, GA

For more information:http://www.equinix.com/

William B. Norton wbn@equinix.com

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