PRIX update

[Mehmet <mehmet () akcin net>]

Hello NANOG

Little bit less than 19 years ago when PRIX was launched I had a dream to
connect many ISPs in the island.

during last 19 years several attempts were made to relaunch an IX but
finally last three years a small group of volunteers have really helped
PRIX to be come a reality not an IX with PowerPoint and no traffic.

You can hear the story from those who have significantly helped from
project here
https://www.youtube.com/live/kCp4kK-mavU?si=N82CGRSatdzrmX2H

This week there is Global Peering Forum in Puerto Rico, and I as one of the
old time nanoger + local(i dont live here anymore but, you know what i mean
want to welcome and send this update about PRIX

https://www.puertoricoix.net has broken traffic record 30Gbps last week and
with some more caches in the process of being enabled as well as some key
peers (listed on the website), next goal is 100G and this can be achieved
with those of you who has an ability to help deploy more caches in Puerto
Rico! 🇵🇷

I want to take a moment thank Jeff, Ivan, and Gino for all the hard work
behind.

If you are attending GPF this week, let’s talk and see what else we can do
to improve internet in Puerto Rico and Caribbean! Any questions related to
PRIX feel free to contact me offlist

Mehmet

Note: all links below are broken 😞
PRIX - Puerto RIco Internet Exchange


   - *From:* Mehmet Akcin
   - *Date:* Tue Sep 27 12:50:12 2005

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Hi,

I'd like to speak with people who were / are working in IX points and/or have
knowledge about the infrastructure of IX points.

We , a small group of researchers , have started a Project called Prix
[http://prix.uprr.pr ] which has the intentions of creating a large
table for
those who would like to sit down, in other terms an internet exchange point
where all the participants can peer.

Our main goal is to improve the existing connectivity between the major backbone
providers and improve the connectivity between them with peering locally instead
of peering somewhere in the states, which is couple of thousands miles far from
Puerto Rico.

We believe improving the network connectivity of the island will definately led
those who live in Puerto Rico to think of using VoIP technologies more often.

We, myself and a friend of mine who is also participating in this project, will
be participating in NANOG and hopefully can meet with those who has experience
in order to get recommendations about hardware/software and policies.

Thank you

Mehmet Akcin, PRIX