Mike Blanche

Mike has 30 years experience in the Internet infrastructure business, from founding, growing and exiting an early Internet hosting and colocation company, to more recently, 14 years at Google, where he was the first European member of the interconnection and CDN team. He is now an independent consultant, working closely with experts at regulators, governments, and in industry on Internet infrastructure and technology topics. Mike holds an MA in Engineering and Computer Science from Cambridge University, and an MBA from Warwick Business School.


Session

09-15
09:00
20min
The Digital Networks Act: Implications for IP Interconnection
Mike Blanche

The Digital Networks Act is being legislated now, and it proposes to bring in new requirements for IP interconnection relationships (and much else besides). This talk provides an update on the text as it stands, what it might mean for peering and content delivery relationships, and how you can provide feedback to policymakers as the proposals develop.

Plenary