(Revision 1.4: 2011-06-01)
The policies below were formally ratified by ISPA’s Management Committee on 2011-05-03.
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2. The host provides resources essential to the operation of the INX facilities, including power, air- conditioning and secure access to the site. The host also maintains the switches at each INX. Both JINX and CINX are currently hosted by Internet Solutions.
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Fees
5. There are no joining fees for the INXes.
6. A monthly hosting benefit fee of R40,000 (excl. VAT) applies to the host of JINX, a monthly hosting benefit fee of R30,000 (excl. VAT) applies to the host of CINX, and a monthly benefit fee of R15,000 (excl. VAT) applies to the host of DINX. The amount must be paid by the host and will be a condition of any hosting agreement for each INX. (Hosting benefit fees for any future exchanges will be determined as additional exchanges are established.) Port charges, as set out below, apply to the host in addition to the hosting benefit fee.
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8. For ISPA members, there is a minimum membership requirement for access to some ports. For access to 10 Gbps and 1 Gbps ports, ISPs must be Large ISPA members. For access to 100 Mbps ports, ISPs must be either Medium or Large ISPA members. There is no minimum requirements for access to 10 Mbps ports; Small, Medium and Large ISPA members can all use 10 Mbps ports.
9. For the purposes of the minimum membership requirements above, Honorary ISPA members are considered to be Large ISPA members. Affiliate ISPA members are considered to be Small ISPA members.
10. ISPA members pay port charges as shown below:
Port charges for ISPA members (excl. VAT)
Port speed Minimum membership
10 Gbps Large R4,980.00
1 Gbps Large R2,490.00
100 Mbps Medium R1,245.00
10 Mbps Small R622.50
11. Non-members of ISPA may connect to ISPA’s INXes, and pay port charges as shown below:
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Allocation of scarce resources
13. ISPA notes that ideally, there will be sufficient ports and other resources to meet all of the demands of users of the INXes. However, in practice there may be a scarcity of a particular resource at an INX. In this case, the policies on the allocation of scarce resources applies.
14. The INX administration team will allocate scarce resources primarily on the basis of demonstrated use. INX users requesting scarce resources may request an allocation above that required for demonstrated use, but in such a case, the INX administration team has the right to reclaim underutilised resources if they are needed for another INX user with demonstrated use. If a scarce resource is reclaimed from any INX user, once the resource ceases to become scarce, that user’s access to that resource should be prioritised.
15. In the case of a dispute in the allocation of a scarce resource at a particular exchange, the matter will be put to all active users of that INX who are ISPA members, with one vote per user.
16. ISPA reserves the right to charge for unused ports from the date the port was allocated to the user.
Requirement to exchange traffic via the INX switch fabric
17. With the exception noted, all interconnection at each INX must take place via the INX switch fabric. This means that within each INX cage there may be no peer-to-peer interconnection, and all traffic exchanged must be via the switch.
18. The above policy does not apply to any ISP paying the 10 Gbps port charge; this gives that ISP the right to interconnect privately. An INX user is welcome to pay the 10 Gbps port charge to gain this benefit, but make use of a lower speed port on the switch. For the avoidance of doubt, both parties interconnecting privately must be paying the 10 Gbps port charge, in order to have the right to interconnect with each other.
19. The INX working group retains the right to grant additional exceptions to the above clause, where technically necessary. (The specific example was put forward of voice traffic exchanged via SS7. The JINX switch does not support this, and it would have to bypass the switch.)
Rack space
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Cabling
25. The INX host will provide all ethernet patch cabling for the INX facilities. ISPA members may not supply their own ethernet cabling. ISPA members are, however, responsible for their own power cables. These rules are subject to the discretion of the INX host.
26. The host may levy a cabling fee of R1200 (excl. VAT) per port used for connections into the JINX and CINX facilities. This fee is for the cabling between the host’s meet-me room and the INX environment and is a per-cable installation fee, and not a recurring cost.
27. For transparency and fairness, the host must publish a list of prices for other cabling projects within the hosting facility.
Wireless connections and roof access
28. For transparency and fairness, the host must provide up-to-date information on the availability of roof space at the hosting location for the purposes of wireless links. Contact details for further enquiries should also be provided.
Participants’ interconnection policies
29. A connection to an INX is not the same as interconnection with other organisations using that INX. ISPA does not require INX users to interconnect with all other INX users. Each organisation connecting to an INX is free to establish its own policy for interconnection. It is up to each user of an INX to negotiate interconnection agreements with the other INX users.
30. Each INX user must provide ISPA with a clear policy for interconnection with other INX users and must notify ISPA of any changes to this policy. If an INX user fails to provide ISPA with a clear policy for interconnection with other INX users, then they agree to exchange traffic with all other INX users on a no-charge basis.
31. In cases where disputes arise between members regarding interconnection policy, if both members agree, ISPA will play a mediation role.
Hosting of servers
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33. No ISPA member may have access to the community string for the INX switches unless cleared to do so by the INX working group.
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