The CABASE National Network of NAPs (Network Access Points), concentrates an increasing percentage of total Internet traffic in Argentina. 80% of all Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs) assigned to Argentine companies and entities in order to define the routing of their traffic, operate with the CABASE Network of NAPs
About the Argentina Internet Association (CABASE)
Founded in 1989, CABASE is the industry association that has a membership comprising providers of Internet Connectivity (ISPs), Telephony, Datacenter Solutions and Online Content, among others. In the international environment, CABASE is a founding member of eCOM-LAC, LACNIC AND LAC-IX. It also participates permanently and actively in the main international organizations and forums related to ICT and the Internet, such as ICANN, the World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS), and the Global ISP Alliance. CABASE hosts a National Network of Internet Exchange Points, which has been operative since 1998, and currently boasts almost two hundred connected ISPs , Connectivity Providers, National Universities, Governmental Organizations from all over Argentina, as well as global Content Delivery Networks such as Google, Akamai and Cloudflare.
Buenos Aires, September 02, 2015. CABASE, the Argentina Internet Association, reported that the data traffic that circulates through the National Network of NAPs, reached 56Gbps as sustained in July 2015, with daily spikes of 80 Gbps, and posted a network traffic increase of 100% compared to July, 2014. This growth is mainly due to the progressive change in the formats and applications that place the greatest demands on bandwidth, wherein video is predominant over other formats, the new live streaming applications are moving up, and to the uses being made of the network both at corporate level as well as personal, in which the applications “in the cloud”, and the “Over the Top” (OTT) content services are the
tendency of today.
the Internet,” visiting CABASE IXP.
In line with the increasing role of the CABASE National Networks of NAPs in the market, 80% INTERNET TRAFFIC DUPLICATED in the last year. The CABASE National Network of NAPs (Network Access Points), concentrates an increasing percentage of total Internet traffic in Argentina. 80% of all Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs) assigned to Argentine companies and entities in order to define the routing of their traffic, operate with the CABASE Network of NAPs. About the Argentina Internet Association (CABASE) of the Autonomous System Numbers (ASN) assigned by LACNIC to argentine companies, connect their traffic through one of the CABASE IXPs (Internet Exchange Points). The ASNs represent the IP networks connected under the control of operators that have a proprietary and independent routing policy. Also, it is estimated that more than 60% of the total traffic of an ISP (Internet Service Provider), is exchanged within the CABASE National Network of NAPs, generating greater efficiency in the use of network resources by bringing content closer to the user, and delivering it with superior quality and greater speed. A recent international study shows that this is a global ten-dency. The growth of average broadband in most of the countries is increa-sing to accomodate demand. According to the results of the first quarter of 2015 in the “State of the Internet” report published by Akamai, the global average speed of connection has been established at 5 Mbps, showing an increase of 30% with respect to the same quarter in 2014, and a 10% increase compared to the previous quarter. At this time Argentina reached an average speed of 4.6 Mbps. In the region, the U.S. was the country that had the highest result with an average connection speed of 11.9 Mbps. On the podium, with an average speed of 31 Mbps, South Korea is the country with the fastest Internet speed in the world. With respect to this, Ariel Graizer, President of the Argentina Internet Association – CABASE – said:
“the new consumer habits of entertainment, TV and video are testing the Internet infra-structure worldwide. Video has become the favorite format, and already generates more than half of the total data traffic that circulates over the Internet networks. The national network of Internet exchange points (IXPs), the CDN (Content Delivery Network) arquitectures, and the local caches of the main video content aggregators, such as YouTube and Netflix, are tools that enable resources to be optimized, more efficient use of broadband and an improvement in user
experience.”
In that sense, the Argentina Internet Association – CABASE – expects to finish the year with 18 Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), interconnected in their National Network of NAPs. IXPs have been implemented in Buenos Aires, Rosario, Neuquén, Bahía Blanca, Mendoza, Santa Fé, La Costa, Córdoba, La Plata, Mar del Plata, Posadas, Bariloche, Puerto Madryn and others are in the planning stage for Junín and Chivilcoy (Buenos Aires), San Luis, Tucumán, and Saénz Peña (Chaco) before the end of 2015. Currently, the CABASE National Network of NAPs has an installed capacity superior to 180 Gbps.
