{"id":2743,"date":"2013-02-25T09:09:43","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T09:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=2743"},"modified":"2013-02-25T09:12:42","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T09:12:42","slug":"scotland-planning-to-build-its-own-internet-exchange-for-isps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/02\/scotland-planning-to-build-its-own-internet-exchange-for-isps.html","title":{"rendered":"Scotland Planning to Build its Own Internet Exchange for ISPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s more than a mere question of independence. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linx.net\" target=\"_new\">London Internet Exchange<\/a> (LINX), which is a central hub for much of the internet traffic that comes into and goes out of the United Kingdom, is exploring the possibility of building a new <strong>regional peering hub<\/strong> (IXP) in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The move, which will be discussed on Wednesday 27th March 2013 in the Edinburgh Conference Centre at Herriot Watt University, could have many benefits for both Scotland and the United Kingdom. It would <strong>boost network capacity<\/strong>, improve latency times (especially critical for financial trades and online video games) and could add some much needed resilience against terrorist attacks or natural disasters. All of this would also make Scotland more attractive to businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Certainly LINX appears to favour the idea of a more <strong>decentralised system<\/strong>, which is one of the reasons why they recently launched the United Kingdom\u2019s first regional peering point in <strong>Manchester<\/strong>. LINX are also planning to establish more IXPs in &#8220;<em>a number of other regions where there is significant Internet traffic<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>John Souter, CEO of LINX, said (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotsman.com\/news\/faster-broadband-on-its-way-to-scotland-1-2807442\" target=\"_blank\">Scotsman<\/a>):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>The biggest difference users will see is in terms of what is called \u201clatency\u201d \u2013 the time lapse which can cause gaps \u2013 like a pause in conversation. The less distance information has to travel the less problem there is with latency.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This is very important to games players, where low \u2028latency is critical, as well as Skype and other voice services and anything where there are transactions such as banking services<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But we would caution broadband users in Scotland to beware of comments which suggest that a new IXP would &#8220;<em>definitely help cut the time it takes to download videos and other information<\/em>,&#8221; as this could be misinterpreted. Certainly having a local internet exchange does have its benefits, especially in terms of helping to bolster regional network capacity, yet at the same time it won&#8217;t magically overcome the physical limits of your existing connectivity (though you should get better latency but that&#8217;s not much help for downloading).<\/p>\n<p>A distance dependant ADSL2+ line that does 12Mbps is still going to do 12Mbps after a local IXP arrives, unless you upgrade the line to a fibre optic solution or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a> etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s more than a mere question of independence. 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