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Cross-border issues: conflicts or ?
AM
A.Kipchatov
INET 2013, Yerevan
October 2013
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RETN is a group of companies which
builds and develops a homogeneous
international fiber optic network
and provides telecommunications
services.
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"RETN Capital Ltd (UK) is holding
company with subsidiaries:
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RETN Carrier2Carrier and B2B
services are delivered over our
owned fiber optic network in 24
countries on three continents.
JSC “RetnNet” (Russia)
RETN Ltd (Ukraine)
RETN Ltd (UK)
RETN Poland Sp. z o.o. (Poland)
RETN (Hong Kong)
RETN Baltic (Estonia)
RETN KZ (Kazakhstan)
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10 years after…
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The RETN backbone is a homogeneous international fiber optic network infrastructure with NOC in Moscow.
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Topologically, the RETN network is composed of a large pan-European ring
connecting Russia with Western Europe through its northern and southern
routes. The southern route goes through the Ukraine and Central Europe.
The southern route currently has double and triple optic backbones all
over its length. The northern route is protected from Stockholm to St.
Petersburg.
DWDM Backbone
Fiber length
Russia
Ukraine
Europe
Number of backbone PoPs
Russia
Ukraine
Europe
Network capacity
Europe - Russia bandwidth
2009
km
km
km
km
qty
qty
qty
qty
10G l*km
Gbps
11 274
3 137
1 837
6 300
28
12
4
12
135 288
400
2010
14 468
3 897
2 073
8 332
32
12
7
13
318 296
800
2011
17 969
4 816
4 821
8 332
38
13
9
15
682 822
1 800
2012
22 312
5 471
5 463
11 378
44
15
12
17
1 057 680
2 100
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IP Backbone
2009
2010
2011
2012
qty
38
40
47
70
Russia
qty
12
12
14
35
Ukraine
qty
4
7
9
9
Europe
qty
13
16
17
19
Northern America
qty
3
5
5
Asia
qty
2
2
2
Number of PoPs
Total Bandwidth of IP Ports
Gbps
3 570
7 375
16 177
25 507
Core
Gbps
1 500
2 834
6 381
9 436
Client
Gbps
1 450
3 155
3 159
3 949
Russia
Gbps
1 508
1 907
2 194
Ukraine
Gbps
448
563
756
Europe
Gbps
638
909
Northern America
Gbps
40
75
Asia
Gbps
11
15
Free
Traffic
Aggregated
Gbps
620
1 386
6 637
8 173
Gbps
300
580
650
800
Number IX of RETN presence
qty
20
23
27
25
Adjacencies (numbers of connected ASes )
qty
1 226
1 714
1 717
2 150
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RETN DWDM Capacity
RETN DWDM Capacity ("Wavelegth") is provisioned in the form of a non-switchable point-topoint DWDM wavelength that provides constant and committed availability of capacity on
a transmission path between two fixed RETN PoPs. The RETN DWDM Capacity is offered in
speeds up to N х 10/100Gbps. Wavelengths are offering as unprotected and protected
services.
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RETN IP Transit
RETN IP Transit provides access to RETN’s IP network, which have multiple interconnections
with another public IP networks around the World (Internet). RETN IP Transit service
achieve the transmit/receive of data according to customers interests. Global
connectivity of RETN IP backbone with another Internet networks actualize by BGP with
RETN Autonomous System AS 9002. The RETN IP Transit is Carrier-to Carrier class of
service and is offered in speeds up to N х 10/100Gbps. RETN IP Transit is provided
IPv4/IPv6 addressing and Unicast/Multicast techniques.
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RETN L2VPNs - Layer 2 Provider Provisioned Virtual Private Point-to-Point Networks
service.
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RETN VPLS – Virtual Private LAN service.
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RETN L3 VPNs - Layer 2 Provider Provisioned Virtual Private multipoint Networks
service.
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Internet users – maybe 0.5Mln. External traffic – maybe 40-50G.
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External connectivity is provided through GE only but have variability…
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Example.
Content legal for AM & World but illegal for RU.
1. Content is on RU hosting
Black List: Dura lex, sed lex
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2. World hosting
What a shame? Why?
Choice of upstream provider:
If {
GNC-Alfa /*Ростелеком*/
ARMENTEL /*Билайн*/
Vivacell /*MTC*/
} use RU Black list for AM
then goto{
UCOM
/*free*/
FiberNet + ADC /*free*/
CCS
/*free*/
…
}
Are there a conflict or problems?
Maybe is it just …expenses? ;)
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 Long Haul Fiber-Optic - $$
 Border transition – by rule and
understandable
 Transit backbone providing – as rule
free
 ISP – under rule/license
 Content-control – rather spying than
filtering
large number of providers.
Large IT economic sector.
$$$$$$$$$$
 Long Haul Fiber-Optic - ?puzzle?
 Border transition – ?puzzle? or
forbid
 Transit backbone providing - under
license
 ISP – under licence
 Content-control –first filtering,
second investigation ;)
Small number of ISP and carriers.
Small IT economic sector.
$$$
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 Long Haul Fiber-Optic - $$
 Long Haul Fiber-Optic - ?puzzle?
 Border transition – by rule and
 Border transition – ?puzzle? or
understandable
forbid
 Transit backbone providing – as rule
 SHIFT
Transit
$$ GRADIENT
of backbone providing - under
free
license
Legal Content,
 ISP – under rule/license
 ISP – under licence
Services Development,
 Content-control – rather spying thanand so on
 Content-control –first filtering,
filtering
second investigation ;)
large number of providers.
Large IT economic sector.
Small number of ISP and carriers.
Small IT economic sector.
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The RETN Network Operations
Centre (NOC) is the customer
single contact point for quality
problems and service escalation
procedures. The NOC controls the
total performance according to
the agreed service levels, and
can be contacted 24 hours per
day, 7 days a week.
U.K.
Unit 28, Skylines Village,
Limeharbour, London, E14 9TS
Phone: +44 20 7517 6400
Russia
19, Leninskaya Sloboda St.,
Moscow, 115280
Phone: +7 495 663 1640
Ukraine
50, Gaydar`s st., Kiev, 01033
Phone: +380 44 284 0448
Estonia
Tornimae 7-156, Tallinn 10145
Phone: +372 678 0056
Poland
Al.Jerozolimskie 92, Warsaw, 00-807
Phone: +48 22 256 49 00
E-mail: market@retn.net
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