Over the past few months, I have conducted close to 50 interviews with network engineers, peering coordinators, internet exchange point operators and industry observers from more than 20 countries across the globe. Based on that, I wrote down some thoughts about internet interconnection for RIPE Labs.
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Thanks to a stipend I was lucky enough to participate in my first RIPE meeting this November in London. In this video I present my research idea to network engineers from Europe and beyond.
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Dear internet infrastructure experts,
I am looking for network actors who are willing to share their experiences in the field of interconnection with me. Please use the form below to drop me a note about yourself.
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Today’s internet is made up of more than 48 000 networks, mostly operated by private actors. Together, they produce connectivity – a resource they all depend upon when doing business. In order to establish connectivity these competitors need to cooperate. Internet exchanges offer technical facilities for networks to “meet” and exchange traffic. I argue that internet exchanges have a specific disposition to act as organisers that facilitate the cooperation. This disposition and their organisational practices are analysed through the lens of concepts that are rooted in the economics of convention.
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In my dissertation I analyse the social dimensions of internet interconnection. Part of my theoretical framework is a research perspective that has been coined Economics of Convention (EoC). At this year's Global Internet Governance Academic Network's symposium I presented some of the building blocks of this perspective.
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At the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG) more than 50 people huddled together in the Federal Foreign Office to hear and talk about net neutrality – politicians, internet and content providers, interested citizens and academics. The good news: hardly any new arguments were exchanged.
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