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SubmissionsIndustry NewsHave a story you’d like to tellthe LINX members? Send yourideas to the HotLINX teamhotlinx@linx.net“Summer of Sport” NetworkTraffic hits all-time highIn July RIPE Labs published someinteresting traffic statistics associatedwith IXP traffic and the FIFA World Cup.They were assisted in the data collectionby Euro-IX and 24 European andinternational exchanges including PTT.BRfrom tournament host nation Brazil.The results highlighted distinct patternsin behaviour and were related to kick-offtimes and whether viewers were able towatch games unfold live on TV or not.Some peaks were noted during workperiods where access to replays of keymoments were alerted by social media.There were dips and double dips at halftimeintervals and increases after games assupporters discussed what they’d seen.In their report conclusion RIPE Labs said:“For network operations, knowing that eventswill cause changes in traffic helps in beingPhillipine Governmenturged to remedy ‘poor’Internet InfrastructureThe Philippine government has beencalled upon to intervene in the sorry stateof local Internet services with calls forpublic regulation of local ISPs.A Senate hearing spearheaded by Sen.Bam Aquino in September looked into thepossible causes of, and solutions for, thecountry’s “deplorable” Internet speeds.One suggestion during the hearing wasa move to amend Republic Act 7925 todeclare Internet access a basic serviceinstead of a value-added one, with thegovernment tasked to regulate it.Full story here: www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/379470/scitech/technology/gov-t-urged-to-remedy-slow-phl-internetpldt-put-to-taskprepared. But it’s not only streaming trafficthat causes increases in demand during bigsports events. Other traffic may very welldecrease significantly. If you have to payfor that on a 95th percentile basis, theseexpected decreases might even provideopportunities.”Read the full RIPE Labs report here:https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/internet-traffic-during-the-world-cup-2014Hot Topic at LINX86The subject of sport traffic was alsocovered at the LINX86 member meetingin August Richard Cooper (BBC) and PaulBruce (Virgin Media) both spoke on thepatterns those networks had seen duringthis period. Members can access bothpresentations on the LINX website:www.linx.net/LINX86Industry NewsIn BriefNew Open-IX Board ElectedThe Open-IX Association (OIX), a nonprofitindustry association formed topromote better standards for data centreinterconnection and IXPs, has announcedthat four new members have been electedto the Open-IX Board of Directors.William Charnock, Christian Koch, ChrisMalayter and Josh Snowhorn will eachserve two-year terms beginning on January1 2015 until December 31 2016. Electionresults were announced at Open-IX’sAGM in New York in September. They joinexisting and continuing Board MembersKeith Mitchell,; Co-Founder and ChairmanDavid Temkin, Vice Chair Dan Golding andSecretary Barry Tishgart.IPv6 NewsIn 2010 an organisation called6UK was launched with tha aimof kickstarting the use of the IPv6protocol in the UK. Within twoyears the group was wound upstating, despite its best efforts, it was“powerless to encourage the adoptionof IPv6”. The issue has not gone awaythough, so a new initiative known asthe UK IPv6 Council, lead by CiscoSystems Engineer Veronika McKillop,has been set up to try again. Like6UK it’s a non-profit technology usergroup, and was established as a localchapter of the IPv6 Forum in April.The Council’s strategy is to:• Create an environment for technicaland business people from allindustries/public sector/SP/academiathat enables sharing of information,business cases/drivers andexperience with IPv6 deployments.• Enable dialog and create acommunity. Develop a sense oftogetherness and an environment toshare knowledge.• Work with other organisations inthe UK and abroad, to make UKIPv6 activities visible in the UK andat an international level.• Change the perception of the UKas an “IPv6-negative” country.The UK IPv6 Council’s firstinitiative was a webinar entitled“The Business Case for IPv6” inSeptember with a Council meetingheld on the 6th October atIDEALondon. To find out moreplease visit: www.ipv6.org.ukLast Chance?CloudFlare’s Martin Levy, alongstanding advocate for action onIPv6, has said, “Hats-off to VeronikaMcKillop at Cisco for trying one-moretimeto get IPv6 on the radar in theUK. Please support this effort; thiscould be the UK’s last chance.”04 HotLINX Issue 39 | Industry News