HAITIAN ISP INTERCONNECTION / NAPLA PERU, JUNE HAITIAN EXCHANGE POINT Objective: Facilitate the Interconnection of all the local ISP’s in Haiti Reynold Guerrier, MULTILINK, Chief Technical Officer President of GSIS, Computing and Statistics Support Group

HAITIAN ISP INTERCONNECTION / NAPLA PERU, JUNE Objectives Providing technical Assistance in the implementation process of an Exchange Point in Haiti Providing technical Assistance in the implementation process of an Exchange Point in Haiti –Promoting and improving the ICT sector in Haïti –To make easier ICT services and application development, particularly in Education and Health sectors, etc…

HAITIAN ISP INTERCONNECTION / NAPLA PERU, JUNE HAITIAN ISP’s Market The 1rst Haitian ISP start operations in 1994 The 1rst Haitian ISP start operations in 1994 Today there are 8 operational ISP’s Today there are 8 operational ISP’s But, the regulator CONATEL ( National Council of Telecommunications ), has issued 12 licenses But, the regulator CONATEL ( National Council of Telecommunications ), has issued 12 licenses

HAITIAN ISP INTERCONNECTION / NAPLA PERU, JUNE Haitian ISP connectivity to Internet Haitian ISP’s are all customers of regional ISP’s mainly based in the United States Haitian ISP’s are all customers of regional ISP’s mainly based in the United States Only TELECONET, a division of the public Telco company has is upstream provider in Canada Only TELECONET, a division of the public Telco company has is upstream provider in Canada It’s mostly non redundant satellite link It’s mostly non redundant satellite link

HAITIAN ISP INTERCONNECTION / NAPLA PERU, JUNE Haitian ISP connectivity to Internet

HAITIAN ISP INTERCONNECTION / NAPLA PERU, JUNE Services Dial-up Dial-up Wireless radio for SOHO (Small Office/Home Office) Wireless radio for SOHO (Small Office/Home Office) Limited coverage wireless system mainly in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince (the capital) Limited coverage wireless system mainly in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince (the capital) Fractional E1 or T1/ Leased Lines for the bank sector to interconnect their branches to their central office Fractional E1 or T1/ Leased Lines for the bank sector to interconnect their branches to their central office Only a few of them have their services available in other cities Only a few of them have their services available in other cities

HAITIAN ISP INTERCONNECTION / NAPLA PERU, JUNE Only Wireless POP

HAITIAN ISP INTERCONNECTION / NAPLA PERU, JUNE Interconnection No interconnection between the ISP’s No interconnection between the ISP’s Any communication between 2 different customers has to go twice the satellite path Any communication between 2 different customers has to go twice the satellite path Important delay Important delay Bad quality of the connection Bad quality of the connection

HAITIAN ISP INTERCONNECTION / NAPLA PERU, JUNE Consequences Unable to support some applications like VoIP, Video Conference Unable to support some applications like VoIP, Video Conference Expensive where and when available (about 1500 U$ installation fee and U$ recurrent for 128 Kbps) Expensive where and when available (about 1500 U$ installation fee and U$ recurrent for 128 Kbps) Other ordinary services like Web Mail Hosting can’t be provided Other ordinary services like Web Mail Hosting can’t be provided Web servers are hosted overseas particularly in the United States because of better prices and services reliability Web servers are hosted overseas particularly in the United States because of better prices and services reliability Less market for the ISP’s and the local web developers Less market for the ISP’s and the local web developers Barriers and obstacle to the development of ICT Barriers and obstacle to the development of ICT

HAITIAN ISP INTERCONNECTION / NAPLA PERU, JUNE Interconnection study In September 2002, RDDH (Haitian Network of Sustainable development) a UNDP project finances a Study on a possible way to interconnect Haitian ISP’s In September 2002, RDDH (Haitian Network of Sustainable development) a UNDP project finances a Study on a possible way to interconnect Haitian ISP’s GSIS (Computing and Statistics Support Group ) realized this study GSIS (Computing and Statistics Support Group ) realized this study Objectives Objectives –providing a technical and administrative solution to the interconnection issue –The Exchange Point should make easier traffic between local ISP’s ( keep the local traffic local)

HAITIAN ISP INTERCONNECTION / NAPLA PERU, JUNE Study results Technical solution Technical solution Some management solutions Some management solutions Some incentive measures Some incentive measures Exchange Point Hosting : Boutiliers, a hill that surrounds the Metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince and where each ISP already has at least a Point of Presence Exchange Point Hosting : Boutiliers, a hill that surrounds the Metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince and where each ISP already has at least a Point of Presence

HAITIAN ISP INTERCONNECTION / NAPLA PERU, JUNE The technical solution diagram

HAITIAN ISP INTERCONNECTION / NAPLA PERU, JUNE The technical solution (continued) Local ISP’s could be considered as an AS (Autonomous System) with only one connection to the Internet Local ISP’s could be considered as an AS (Autonomous System) with only one connection to the Internet Each ISP will bring its own router running BGP4 and will be in charge of the maintenance Each ISP will bring its own router running BGP4 and will be in charge of the maintenance Implementation of dynamic routing required to be part of the XP Implementation of dynamic routing required to be part of the XP The regulator will force all the ISP’s to participate to the XP The regulator will force all the ISP’s to participate to the XP Traffic exchange will be done at Layer 3 Traffic exchange will be done at Layer 3 RDDH looked for fund to finance the installation of the XP RDDH looked for fund to finance the installation of the XP Also for technical assistance in the implementation Also for technical assistance in the implementation Administratively the XP will be managed by the consortium FDS (the State Faculty of Science) / RDDH Administratively the XP will be managed by the consortium FDS (the State Faculty of Science) / RDDH A breakdown budget also exists for the implementation A breakdown budget also exists for the implementation

HAITIAN ISP INTERCONNECTION / NAPLA PERU, JUNE The most difficult part Convincing the local ISP’s of the well being of an Exchange Point Convincing the local ISP’s of the well being of an Exchange Point Their fear: other ISP can use their network as transit by being interconnected Their fear: other ISP can use their network as transit by being interconnected My personal opinion their real is My personal opinion their real is – the recurrent charges they will have to support to maintain the XP –Because they already have a lot of overhead by producing their own electricity, security and they are sharing a small market –Commercial Power is only available up to 12 hours per day –Security for every POP they have against vandalism

HAITIAN ISP INTERCONNECTION / NAPLA PERU, JUNE New environment In December 2003 a new ISP MULTILINK started operations In December 2003 a new ISP MULTILINK started operations Marketing policy: being the first Haitian carrier Marketing policy: being the first Haitian carrier Wholesale bandwidth/International Leased Lines/Metropolitan Leased Lines Wholesale bandwidth/International Leased Lines/Metropolitan Leased Lines Upstream provider: TRICOM in DR via Micro wave bridge Upstream provider: TRICOM in DR via Micro wave bridge Installed Capacity OC-3 with Harrys Megastar radio/ but functioning on a DS3 capacity Installed Capacity OC-3 with Harrys Megastar radio/ but functioning on a DS3 capacity Good prices / much better quality than Satellite links Good prices / much better quality than Satellite links

HAITIAN ISP INTERCONNECTION / NAPLA PERU, JUNE

HAITIAN ISP INTERCONNECTION / NAPLA PERU, JUNE New environment Being the upstream provider for all the local ISP’s and realizing an XP de facto Being the upstream provider for all the local ISP’s and realizing an XP de facto Willing to host the XP Willing to host the XP March 2005 HAINET another local ISP start buying bandwidth from CODETEL/VERIZON in DR March 2005 HAINET another local ISP start buying bandwidth from CODETEL/VERIZON in DR Objective: being a competitor for MULTILINK Objective: being a competitor for MULTILINK

HAITIAN ISP INTERCONNECTION / NAPLA PERU, JUNE New barriers Not all of the ISP’s agreed with Multilink proposal to host the XP ( particularly HAINET ) Not all of the ISP’s agreed with Multilink proposal to host the XP ( particularly HAINET ) Political instability Political instability Market reduction Market reduction All local ISP’s are MULTILINK or HAINET customers All local ISP’s are MULTILINK or HAINET customers

HAITIAN ISP INTERCONNECTION / NAPLA PERU, JUNE Possible solution now Peering agreement between HAINET and MULTILINK Peering agreement between HAINET and MULTILINK That will not protect enough the small ISP’s That will not protect enough the small ISP’s An independent exchange point still remains an issue. An independent exchange point still remains an issue.

HAITIAN ISP INTERCONNECTION / NAPLA PERU, JUNE Conflict Last November has been created the first secretary state for Telecom and Information Technology but only as a division the Public Work Ministry Last November has been created the first secretary state for Telecom and Information Technology but only as a division the Public Work Ministry Role: working with all the professionals and enterprises to create the National Council of the Information Technology which was supposed to be independent of the regulator and with the objectives of defining national vision and strategies for the Telecom and Information Technology Role: working with all the professionals and enterprises to create the National Council of the Information Technology which was supposed to be independent of the regulator and with the objectives of defining national vision and strategies for the Telecom and Information Technology But because of divergence of view with the titular of this ministry the post has been simply removed in the last government re- composition But because of divergence of view with the titular of this ministry the post has been simply removed in the last government re- composition Now the professional association ATHIC is fighting to get it back Now the professional association ATHIC is fighting to get it back

HAITIAN ISP INTERCONNECTION / NAPLA PERU, JUNE MERCI THANK YOU GRACIAS OBRIGADO