<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Friends,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I have been asked to give a talk this afternoon and one of the issues that they want me to address is which are the main challenges when setting a new NAP/IXP in our region. So I though that the best for me was to get your views on this issue.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>My personal opinion would be:</DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>- Getting the critical mass on board.</DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>- Finding a neutral appropriated location.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Regards,</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Roque</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Hola Amigos.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Tengo que dar una presentación esta tarde y un tema que me han pedido que hable es sobre las difucultades que enfrentan nuevos IXPs en la región. Quería entonces preguntarles por vuestras opiniones en este tema.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Algunas cosas que yo pense son:</DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>- Tener la masa suficiente de gente a bordo.</DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>- Encontrar un lugar neutral adecuado.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>slds</DIV><DIV>r.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV> <BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>-------------------------------------------------------------</DIV><DIV>Roque Gagliano</DIV><DIV>ANTEL - URUGUAY</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:rgaglian@antel.net.uy">rgaglian@antel.net.uy</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>