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Netnod: the Successful Case of the First Swedish Internet
Exchange Point Patrik Fältström
Head of Research and DevelopmentNetnod
What is Netnod?
• A company owned by a foundation• Not for profit• Runs:• IX in 6 locations• DNS on 45 locations• Distributes time Göteborg
Malmö
Stockholm
Sundsvall
Luleå
Traditional view
Service ATransport A
Service BTransport B
Service CTransport C
Each service have its own transport
Today, with Internet
Internet
Service A, B and C
Transport
Abstraction is key!
Internet
Service
Transport
Independence!
Sharing is caring
InternetService
TransmissionFiberDucts
Competition
GroundSharing
Sharing is caring
CompetitionSharing
InternetService
TransmissionFiberDucts
Ground
Sharing is caring
CompetitionSharing
InternetService
TransmissionFiberDucts
Ground
Sharing is caring
InternetService
TransmissionFiberDucts
Ground
CompetitionSharing
Example questions to ask?• Is there interest from ISPs to
compete with that product?• Will ISPs together save money if
the product is shared?• Will provider of the service compete
with its customers, the ISPs?
The Netnod story...
Summer of 1991
Tele2
Sunet
Telia
Tele2 was the first commercial ISP in Sweden!
Tele2 and Telia wanted to exchange traffic
Tele2
Sunet
Telia
Connections will with n nodes ben(n - 1)
2
SUNET offered a solution at KTH
Tele2
Sunet
Telia
Easy to do as there where dark fiber to rent!
With central services
Tele2
Sunet
Telia
Services
For example, first root server outside of the USA
The model did grow
Tele2
Sunet
Telia
Netnod
ISP AISP B
ISP C
...and Netnod was created
Same structure at every location
5:th generation (today)
Stockholm C Stockholm B
10GE10GE
ISP A ISP B ISP C
Bunkers• Regulator PTS
owns the bunkers
• Specifically built for telecom
• Only used for approved critical infrastructure
Bergrum
Bergrum
Division of labour 1991• Swedish University Network bring• People, electricity, colocation, switch,
services
• City of Stockholm brought• Fiber via STOKAB
• ISPs bring• Traffic
Plan of 1996• Swedish Government bring via The
Knowledge Foundation initial money for the TU-Foundation
• TU Foundation create and own Netnod• Netnod provide people, electricity, colocation,
switch and services
• Regulator PTS provide bunker for colocation• City of Stockholm provide fiber via STOKAB• ISPs bring traffic, pay for connections
Division of labour 2012• TU Foundation own Netnod• Netnod provide people, electricity, colocation,
switch and services
• Netnod rent colo space from regulator PTS• Netnod rent fiber from STOKAB• ISPs pay Netnod for IX connections• ccTLDs pay Netnod for DNS hosting
Investments• Netnod got initial seed money of €500k in 1996• Do not charge for root server or time• Do not get any help with funding• Charge for IX and DNS hosting
• Regulator PTS have during the years made various investments, 1996-2004 €10M/year, later years less
• STOKAB is carrying its own cost for fiber investments , and had 2011 26% revenue
Patrik Fältström
http://www.netnod.se/
��Netnod: the Successful Case of the First Swedish Internet Exchange Point What is Netnod?Traditional viewToday, with InternetAbstraction is key!Sharing is caringSharing is caringSharing is caringSharing is caringExample questions to ask?The Netnod story...Summer of 1991Tele2 and Telia wanted to exchange trafficSUNET offered a solution at KTHWith central servicesThe model did growSame structure at every location5:th generation (today)BunkersBergrumBergrumSlide Number 22Division of labour 1991Plan of 1996Division of labour 2012InvestmentsPatrik Fältström�[email protected]