They are no where close to IX. They are just transit providers. Because if Qtel is there at EMIX I can't peer with them.
btw I heard they are providing native v6 connectivity as well. is that true? Regards, Aftab A. Siddiqui On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 7:52 AM, Saad Alsalamah <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Rechard, > > Currently we have multiple links going through EMIX. EMIX for us is an > upstream provider, meaning we are peering with them directly like any > international upstream providers, I am not sure if they provide transmission > services. We have both good and bad experience with EMIX but I can tell they > are fast in their response and very organized people. > > Saad > > On Mar 22, 2011, at 1:01 AM, "[email protected]" < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Send Menog mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://lists.menog.net/mailman/listinfo/menog > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > [email protected] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [email protected] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of Menog digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Root Zone DNSSEC KSK Ceremony 4 Completed (Joe Abley) > > 2. call for papers for MENOG 8 (Philip Smith) > > 3. IT Conferences and workshops ([email protected]) > > 4. Re: IT Conferences and workshops (Bill Woodcock) > > 5. RE: IT Conferences and workshops (Ayad Sabbagh) > > 6. MENOG 8/ RIPE NCC Regional Meeting - Registration open > > (Paul Rendek) > > 7. (no subject) (Shahin Gharghi) > > 8. EMIX experiences? (Richard Barnes) > > 9. Re: EMIX experiences? (Bill Woodcock) > > 10. Re: EMIX experiences? (Joe Abley) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:27:15 +0000 > > From: Joe Abley <[email protected]> > > Subject: [menog] Root Zone DNSSEC KSK Ceremony 4 Completed > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > > > KSK CEREMONY 4 > > > > The fourth KSK ceremony for the root zone took place in El Segundo, > > CA, USA on Monday 2011-02-07. The Ceremony Administrator was Mehmet > > Akcin. The ceremony was completed successfully. > > > > Video from Ceremony 4 was recorded for audit purposes. 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If you have feedback for us, please > > send it to [email protected]. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 14:14:43 +1000 > > From: Philip Smith <[email protected]> > > Subject: [menog] call for papers for MENOG 8 > > To: Middle East Network Operators Group <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I've attached the call for papers for MENOG 8. Please encourage > > colleagues and friends to considering offering tutorial or conference > > papers. > > > > We are all looking forward to your presentation proposals and assistance > > to make MENOG 8 a great event. > > > > Many thanks! > > > > philip > > (For the MENOG Coord Team) > > -- > > > > > > Middle East Network Operators Group (MENOG) > > Damascus, Syria 15 ? 23 May 2011 > > http://www.menog.net > > > > Call for Papers > > > > The MENOG Coordination Team is now seeking contributions to the > > programme for MENOG 8. We would like to invite people to submit their > > presentation proposals as soon as possible to help us produce the > > programme in a timely fashion. We would also like to encourage people > > through out the Middle East region who have not previously presented > > their work to do so. > > > > We are looking for people who would : > > > > * Offer a technical tutorial on an appropriate topic; and/or > > * Participate in the technical conference sessions as a speaker. > > * Share their local experience with any of the fields of interest > > for MENOG. > > > > Presentation proposals including slides can be submitted at: > > > > http://submission.menog.net/paper/user/index.php?event=28 > > > > MENOG 8 FORMAT > > -------------- > > > > MENOG 8 will run for 7 days, and will include 5 days of hands-on > > technical workshops, followed by a day of tutorials and 2 days of > > Technical Conference sessions (including updates from the RIPE NCC). > > > > Workshop 15th - 19th > > Tutorials 21st > > Conference 22nd - 23rd > > > > > > CONFERENCE MILESTONES > > --------------------- > > > > Call for Papers Opens: Now > > Deadline for Speaker Submissions: 17th April 2011 > > Final Programme Published: 5th May 2011 > > Final Presenter Slides: 8th May 2011 > > > > > > TECHNICAL CONFERENCE > > -------------------- > > > > Each Technical session in MENOG will last 90 minutes - multiple > > sessions can be cover one subject area if there is demand. A 90 > > minute session allows presentations to be up to 25 minutes in length, > > meaning 3 presentations per session and some time for Q&A. Longer > > presentations should be submitted as tutorials. The Technical > > Conference takes place on Sunday 22nd and Monday 23rd May. > > > > Expected subject areas for MENOG 8 include: > > > > 1. IPv6 deployment > > > > 2. HTTP and Non-HTTP Content Filtering; Anti-spam > > > > 3 Internationalised Domain Names (IDN) and Localisation > > > > 4. NREN (National Research and Education Networks) > > > > 5. ISP Operations, Peering and Internet Exchange Points > > > > 6. SP Network Security > > > > 7. Datacentres, Applications & Services > > > > > > > > TUTORIALS > > ---------- > > > > Tutorials are 90 minute technical presentations which focus on a > > particular subject in-depth. Tutorials will take place on Saturday > > the 21st of May. > > > > Tutorial Instructors are encouraged to also sign up to be a Speaker in > > the Technical Conference Programme as well. You can sign up to give a > > tutorial and/or conference session presentation by following the > > instructions at the end of this message for signing up as a speaker or > > instructor. > > > > Examples of Tutorial topics might be: > > > > - Network security, IPSec, Auditing/Forensics, DDoS Mitigation > > - Routing, Network Design, BGP > > - IPv6 deployment > > - IDN, Localisation > > - Content filtering & anti-spam > > - Network planning, management and traffic engineering > > - Internet exchanges, construction, peering and collocation > > - Operations, NOC, Helpdesk and other support aspects > > - DNS and DNSSEC > > > > If you have an idea for a tutorial subject that is not listed, please > > feel free to submit it to us. > > > > > > CFP SUBMISSION > > -------------- > > > > When considering a presentation or tutorial, remember that the MENOG > > audience is mainly comprised of technical network operators and > > engineers with a wide range of experience levels from beginners to > > multi-year experience. There is a strong orientation to offer core > > skills and basic knowledge in the tutorials and to address issues > > relevant to the day-to-day operations of ISPs and network operators > > over the next 12 - 18 months in the conference sessions. > > > > Draft slides for both tutorials and conference sessions MUST be > > provided with CfP submissions. The Programme Committee cannot consider > > a presentation proposal without accompanying draft slides. > > > > While the majority of speaking slots will be allocated by 1st of May > > 2011, a limited number of slots may be available after then for > > presentations that are exceptionally timely or of critical operational > > importance. > > > > > > IMPORTANT NOTE > > -------------- > > > > MENOG is a TECHNICAL conference so marketing and commercial content is > > not allowed within the programme. The programme committee will > > maintain the technical standard of MENOG, and will therefore > > not accept inappropriate materials. It is expected that the presenter > > be a technical person and not a sales or marketing person. The > > audience is extremely technical and expects that the speakers are > > themselves very knowledgeable. All sessions provide time for > > questions, so presenters should expect technical questions and be > > prepared to deliver insightful and technically deep responses. > > > > > > FUNDING AND SUPPORT > > ------------------- > > > > MENOG is a not-for-profit event that is trying to make the event only > > as close to zero cost as possible for attendees; therefore we are > > unable to pay the travel costs of speakers. > > > > -- > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:46:36 -0700 > > From: <[email protected]> > > Subject: [menog] IT Conferences and workshops > > To: <[email protected]> > > Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > > [email protected] > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > > Dear Sir > > I hope you all in a good health, can you please keep me updated for all > > conferences and workshops that will be held about information technology > , > > to > > be able to participate with it and in order to view the latest updates in > > the field of information technology > > also hope to add my emails to your list [email protected] , [email protected] > > > > Thank you in advance > > Best Regards > > > > Mohammed Qassim Majeed > > IT Dept > > Communications and Media Commission > > email: [email protected] > > [email protected] > > cell NO. +964-7811-511-555 > > +964-7702-633-000 > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 4 > > Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 08:49:35 -0800 > > From: Bill Woodcock <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [menog] IT Conferences and workshops > > To: <[email protected]> > > Cc: Joe Abley <[email protected]>, Chris Buckridge <[email protected]>, > > [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > On Mar 5, 2011, at 11:46 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I hope you all in a good health, can you please keep me updated for all > >> conferences and workshops that will be held about information technology > , > >> to be able to participate with it and in order to view the latest > updates in > >> the field of information technology > > > > Mohammed: > > > > This may help: > > > > http://internetmeetings.org > > > > -Bill > > > > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) > > > > iEYEARECAAYFAk1zux8ACgkQGvQy4xTRsBGu7ACfU/6T6hAHW4imRvZjwZuMtaCo > > 6NsAoL2pPPuE5OyuIJ9xmWSSurjtOVbd > > =PULk > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 5 > > Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 14:19:11 +0300 > > From: "Ayad Sabbagh" <[email protected]> > > Subject: RE: [menog] IT Conferences and workshops > > To: "'Bill Woodcock'" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> > > Cc: 'Chris Buckridge' <[email protected]>, [email protected], > > [email protected], 'Joe Abley' <[email protected]>, > [email protected] > > Message-ID: <000901cbdcb9$855769b0$90063d10$@com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > Dear Mohammed/all, > > > > The TM Forum Management World Middle East is in 2 weeks on March 22 in > > Dubai. The event brings together the region's leading service providers > to > > examine how innovation holds the keys to future growth, and how > operational > > agility is essential in delivering that growth. More details are > available > > at http://www.tmforum.org/ManagementWorldMiddle/8619/home.html > > > > Best regards, > > Ayad Sabbagh > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of > > Bill Woodcock > > Sent: 06 March, 2011 7:50 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: Joe Abley; Chris Buckridge; [email protected]; [email protected]; > > [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [menog] IT Conferences and workshops > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > On Mar 5, 2011, at 11:46 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I hope you all in a good health, can you please keep me updated for all > >> conferences and workshops that will be held about information technology > , > >> to be able to participate with it and in order to view the latest > updates > > in > >> the field of information technology > > > > Mohammed: > > > > This may help: > > > > http://internetmeetings.org > > > > -Bill > > > > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) > > > > iEYEARECAAYFAk1zux8ACgkQGvQy4xTRsBGu7ACfU/6T6hAHW4imRvZjwZuMtaCo > > 6NsAoL2pPPuE5OyuIJ9xmWSSurjtOVbd > > =PULk > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Menog mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.menog.net/mailman/listinfo/menog > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________ > > Unlimited Disk, Data Transfer, PHP/MySQL Domain Hosting > > http://www.doteasy.com > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 6 > > Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:28:07 +0100 > > From: Paul Rendek <[email protected]> > > Subject: [menog] MENOG 8/ RIPE NCC Regional Meeting - Registration > > open > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > > > > Dear colleagues, > > > > Registration is now open for the Middle East Network Operators Group > (MENOG) 8/RIPE NCC Regional Meeting, > > taking place in Damascus, Syria from 14-19 May 2011. > > > > This is the first time a MENOG/RIPE NCC Regional Meeting will be held in > Syria. > > We would like to thank the host Syrian Computer Society (SCS) for > supporting this event. > > > > MENOG meetings are excellent opportunities to share ideas and experiences > with other network operators and > > network engineers from across the Middle East, to develop cross-regional > cooperation and to > > meet with key players in the local and global Internet industry. > > > > The MENOG 7 Meeting, held in Istanbul in October 2010, attracted over 240 > attendees from 34 countries, > > and we expect the MENOG 8 Meeting to build on the success of that event. > > > > Registration will close when maximum capacity is reached, so please > register soon to ensure your attendance. > > > > For all information and for registration details, please visit: > > http://menog.net/meetings/menog8 > > > > Regards, > > > > The MENOG Coordination Team > > Kais Al-Essa, Osama Al-Dosary, Sultan AlShamsi, Sandra > > Gijzen, Gaurab Raj Upadhaya, Paul Rendek, Philip Smith > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 7 > > Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:19:57 +0330 > > From: Shahin Gharghi <[email protected]> > > Subject: [menog] (no subject) > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: > > <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > -- > > Best Regards. > > Shahin Gharghi > > www.PersianAdmins.com <http://www.persianadmins.com/> > > www.Gharghi.ir <http://www.gharghi.ir/> > > Cell : +98 917 1110049 > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: /pipermail/attachments/20110310/6125d136/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 8 > > Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:32:59 -0400 > > From: Richard Barnes <[email protected]> > > Subject: [menog] EMIX experiences? > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: > > <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > Hey all, > > > > I'm wondering impressions people have of EMXI. I can't tell from the > > their website whether they're an exchange or a transit provider. > > Their website says that they facilitate peering, but it's not clear to > > me how that works -- can I talk BGP directly with my peer, or does it > > all go through EMIX? Is there additional cost per peer? > > > > If anyone has any experience peering through EMIX (or if there are any > > EMIX reps on here), I would appreciate more information. Feel free to > > contact me off-list as well. > > > > Thanks, > > --Richard > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 9 > > Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:57:32 -0700 > > From: Bill Woodcock <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [menog] EMIX experiences? > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > On Mar 21, 2011, at 1:32 PM, Richard Barnes wrote: > >> I'm wondering impressions people have of EMXI. I can't tell from the > >> their website whether they're an exchange or a transit provider. > >> Their website says that they facilitate peering, but it's not clear to > >> me how that works -- can I talk BGP directly with my peer, or does it > >> all go through EMIX? > > > > My information may not be 100% up-to-date, but historically, EMIX has > been Etisalat's international transit gateway product, not an Internet > exchange in the generally-accepted sense of the phrase. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_exchange_point > > > > -Bill > > > > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) > > > > iEYEARECAAYFAk2Hu7wACgkQGvQy4xTRsBEUhQCeMCF/JzEHz9SZf1Gyq0Ik1/P5 > > ji8AoLfrXCkfzRVa4OqozzZN6MuSyAjS > > =7KGq > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 10 > > Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:41:52 -0400 > > From: Joe Abley <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [menog] EMIX experiences? > > To: Richard Barnes <[email protected]> > > Cc: [email protected] > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > > > On 2011-03-21, at 16:32, Richard Barnes wrote: > > > >> I'm wondering impressions people have of EMXI. I can't tell from the > >> their website whether they're an exchange or a transit provider. > >> Their website says that they facilitate peering, but it's not clear to > >> me how that works -- can I talk BGP directly with my peer, or does it > >> all go through EMIX? Is there additional cost per peer? > > > > My information is a number of years old. > > > > My understanding is/was that EMIX is the wholesale arm of Etisalat. It's > not an exchange point in any conventional, layer-2 sense; rather it's one of > the few (perhaps the only) transit provider in UAE who is licenced to > provide international Internet service. This has the side-effect of keeping > UAE-sourced traffic local since everybody there winds up being a customer, > one way or another. > > > > The EMIX people I worked with back in the day were knowledgable and > efficient. > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Menog mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.menog.net/mailman/listinfo/menog > > > > > > End of Menog Digest, Vol 38, Issue 1 > > ************************************ > > ******************** ************Disclaimer > *************************************************************************************************************** > * This message and any attachments thereto may contain privileged or > proprietary information, and are intended for the sole use of the > addressee(s). 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