Covering a range of telecoms and business-related topics relevant to the Internet community, LINXcast is the podcast of the London Internet Exchange (LINX).
Episodes will feature interviews with renowned industry professionals, discussions on key issues affecting the sector, and much more besides.
Series 2 Episode 3 – How life, including COVID-19 vaccines, is digital
In this episode of LINXcast, we replay our LINX Distinguished Industry Speaker presentation with Bert Hubert, entitled ‘How life, including COVID-19 vaccines, is digital‘. Bert explains the fundamentally digital nature of life, and how even the new mRNA vaccines pack a 1 kilobyte/15 petabyte punch of life-saving information.
Series 2 Episode 2 – African networks, connectivity and remote peering
In this episode of LINXcast, we speak to Nic Blamire, Head of Sales Middle East & Africa at LINX ConneXions Reseller Award winners, Epsilon Telecommunications. Among the topics discussed were the organisation’s business structure, its strategy in Africa, remote peering, the importance of partnerships, plus Epsilon’s plans for the future.
Series 2 Episode 1 – Internet Regulation and LINX News Round Up
Series 2 of LINXcast is here! Your host, Jez Orbell, introduces a bumper, two-part episode, featuring LINX Head of Public Affairs Malcolm Hutty. He will be covering the implications of the Telecoms Security Bill in the UK and the Digital Services Regulation in the EU. There will be a round-up of the latest developments from the London Internet Exchange including exchange growth (Kurtis Lindqvist), product development (Mike Hellers), and engineering projects (Mo Shivji). We also feature the inaugural LINX ConneXions reseller Awards presented by Lynsey Buckingham.
Series 2 Trailer
In this special preview episode, we will hear from Malcolm Hutty (LINX Head of Public Affairs), Nic Blamire (Head Of Sales – MEA, Epsilon), as well as Bert Hubert of PowerDNS. As this is just a trailer it’s short and sweet but these names show we have some engaging new content coming up in the first few shows.
Series 1 Episode 7 – LINXcast speaks with Jay Flynn MBE
LINXcast episode 7 is our series 1 finale! We look back at the topics covered and the telecoms industry speakers who have been part of the show. As a bonus we have an interview with Jay Flynn MBE of Jay’s Virtual Pub Quiz fame.
Series 1 Episode 6 – New IP, China’s project to make new Internet standards
In this episode Emily Taylor of Oxford Information Labs presents her talk, New IP, China’s project to make new Internet standards: you must ask the right questions. She says that to understand China’s strategy we need to ask questions like how would these proposals assist national strategies in the country? Could all this result in a splinternet, even if we don’t need one?
Series 1 Episode 5 – Internet Peering in the Americas with LINX NoVA
LINX NoVA, LINX’s first overseas regional exchange, has helped grow Internet peering in North America with well over 80 gigabits per second of peak traffic across its three hubs in the Ashburn region of Northern Virginia. In this episode, LINXcast host, Jez Orbell, speaks with LINX’s Country Peering & Business Development Executive of Americas, Kendra Pignotti, to learn more about the growth of the exchange and the exciting developments that are taking place as we head into 2021.
Series 1 Episode 4 – The Internet Model: Fit for the future or creaking at the seams? (Part 2)
The second of a two-part podcast on ‘The Internet Model: Fit for the future or creaking at the seams?’. The panel, moderated by LINX’s Head of Global Engagement, Nurani Nimpuno, features Andrew Sullivan (CEO, ISOC), Geoff Huston (Chief Scientist, APNIC), Jari Arkko (Snr Expert, Ericsson Research), and KC Claffy (Founder and Director, CAIDA).
In this episode, there is a focus on regulation, encryption, and surveillance. There is a discussion on the positive use of data to help develop Internet infrastructure and governance, and how it is the user that fundamentally drives change. In this industry predicting the present can be tricky so how can we effectively predict the future?
Series 1 Episode 3 – The Internet Model: Fit for the future or creaking at the seams? (Part 1)
The first in a two-part playback from LINX’s Distinguished Industry Speaker Series entitled ‘The Internet Model: Fit for the future or creaking at the seams?’. The panel, moderated by LINX’s Head of Global Engagement, Nurani Nimpuno, features Andrew Sullivan (CEO, ISOC), Geoff Huston (Chief Scientist, APNIC), Jari Arkko (Snr Expert, Ericsson Research), and KC Claffy (Founder and Director, CAIDA).
The Internet is an essential part of our lives today. It’s the infrastructure on which we rely for basic services, and many of us use it on a daily basis to communicate and connect with others. The COVID-19 pandemic has clearly highlighted how much we depend on the Internet, and many have been amazed by how well it has coped with the increased demand for Internet services. But is the Internet ready to take on the challenges we face going forward?
Series 1 Episode 2 – LINX Bitesize – Tech News Round Up
A round up of the latest news from LINX. We hear about the investment and development of the LINX network from CTO Richard Petrie, the upcoming EGM from LINX Chairman Pieter Knook, while LINX’s North American peering advisor Kendra Pignotti talks of the importance of LINX’s partnership with Pixel Factory. We learn more about Euro-IX, the European Internet Exchange Association, from Nurani Nimpuno, and also speak to Tim Creswick, CEO of leading fiber provider Vorboss, and 5G expert Julian McGougan. As an added bonus we have a sneak peek at an interview we did with Jay Flynn, of Jay’s Virtual Pub Quiz fame, LINX event previews, and much more besides.
Covering a range of telecoms and business-related topics relevant to the Internet community, LINXcast is the podcast of the London Internet Exchange (LINX). 