Dear NL-IX and Open Peering colleagues,

I hope you are well.

Following a review of the EPF registrations, we received a note regarding the registrations from NL-IX and Open Peering. As both entities belong to the same parent organisation, Broadband Hosting B.V., we need to apply the EPF attendance policy accordingly.

The relevant rule states:

“The attendance limit applies per organisation, not per ASN. This means that organisations with multiple ASNs connected to one or more host IXPs are still limited to a maximum of four representatives in total. Separate entities belonging to the same parent organisation may be treated as a single entity for capacity limits.”

As a Silver Sponsor, your sponsorship includes four attendees. Four representatives is also the maximum number of participants permitted per network under the general EPF attendance rules.

Therefore, if NL-IX and Open Peering would like to attend with six representatives in total, it would be necessary to upgrade the sponsorship to Platinum, which would allow the additional attendees.

If you would prefer to remain on the Silver Sponsorship, could you please let us know which four participants will attend the EPF and whose names we should remove from the registration list by Monday, 24 August, at the latest?

We fully appreciate that this may be inconvenient, and we hope you understand that we need to apply the rules consistently to ensure a fair and balanced event for all participants and sponsors.

Thank you very much for your understanding and cooperation. Please let us know how you would like to proceed.

Best regards,

Carolin

On behalf of the EPF hosts